Biocatalytic method for the controlled degradation of terpene compounds

ABSTRACT

Described herein are biocatalytic methods of producing terpene degradation products useful as starting material for the production of perfumery ingredients, such as, for example, ambrox. In particular novel terpene degrading polypeptides (enal-cleaving polypeptides) and novel peptides converting terpenes compounds to oxygenated derivatives (oxygenases) and mutants and variants derived therefrom are described which may be applied in novel types of fully enzymatic multistep degradation pathways allowing the controlled, stepwise conversion and degradation of linear or cyclic terpene substrates. Said novel biosynthetic strategies allow the fully biochemical synthesis of valuable terpene-derived compounds, like for example manooloxy or gamma ambrol. Also described herein are recombinant host organisms carrying the required set of genetic information for the functional expression of the set of enzymes necessary for catalyzing the combination of enzymatic conversion and degradation steps.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a U.S. National Phase Application of InternationalPatent Application No. PCT/EP2020/069217, filed Jul. 8, 2020, whichclaims priority to European Patent Application No. 19000332.7, filedJul. 10, 2019, and which claims priority to European Patent ApplicationNo. 19208951.4, filed Nov. 13, 2019, the entire contents of which arehereby incorporated by reference herein.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

Provided herein are biocatalytic methods of producing terpenedegradation products useful as starting material for the production ofperfumery ingredients, such as, for example, ambrox. In particular novelterpene degrading polypeptides (enal-cleaving polypeptides) and novelpeptides converting terpenes compounds to oxygenated derivatives(oxygenases) and mutants and variants derived therefrom are providedwhich may be applied in novel types of fully enzymatic multistepdegradation pathways allowing the controlled, stepwise conversion anddegradation of linear or cyclic terpene substrates. Said novelbiosynthetic strategies allow the fully biochemical synthesis ofvaluable terpene-derived compounds, like for example manooloxy or gammaambrol. The invention also provides recombinant host organisms carryingthe required set of genetic information for the functional expression ofthe set of enzymes necessary for catalyzing the combination of enzymaticconversion and degradation steps.

BACKGROUND

Terpenes are found in most organisms (microorganisms, animals andplants). These compounds are made up of five-carbon units, so-calledisoprene units, and are classified by the number of these units presentin their structure. Thus hemiterpenes, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes andditerpenes are terpenes containing 5, 10, 15 and 20 carbon atoms (i.e.1, 2, 3 and 4 isoprene units) respectively. Sesquiterpenes, for example,are widely found in the plant kingdom. Many sesquiterpene molecules areknown for their flavor and fragrance properties and their cosmetic,medicinal and antimicrobial effects. Numerous sesquiterpene hydrocarbonsand sesquiterpenoids have been identified.

Biosynthetic production of terpenes involves enzymes called terpenesynthases. These enzymes convert an acyclic terpene precursor in one ormore terpene products. In particular, diterpene synthases producediterpenes by cyclization of the precursor geranylgeranyl diphosphate(GGPP). The cyclization of GGPP often requires two enzyme polypeptides,a type I and a type II diterpene synthase working in combination in twosuccessive enzymatic reactions. The type II diterpene synthases catalyzea cyclization/rearrangement of GGPP initiated by the protonation of theterminal double bond of GGPP leading to a cyclic diterpene diphosphateintermediate. This intermediate is then further converted by a type Iditerpene synthase catalyzing an ionization initiated cyclization.

Diterpene synthases are present in plants and other organisms and usesubstrates such as GGPP but they have different product profiles. Genesand cDNAs encoding diterpene synthases have been cloned and thecorresponding recombinant enzymes characterized.

Enzymes that catalyze a specific or preferential cleavage or removal ofdiphosphate groups from terpene diphosphate intermediates, in particularfrom cyclic terpene diphosphate intermediates, like the diterpenescopalyl diphosphate (CPP) or labdendiol diphosphate (LPP) have onlyrecently be described in an earlier European patent application. (EPapplication number 18182783.3). By said enzymes the number or carbonatoms of the terpene diphosphate remains unchanged.

There is, however, the need terpene-derived compounds which may beconsidered as degradation products of terpene precursors, such asnon-cyclic or cyclic sesquiterpenes or diterpenes, which in turn may thebe further converted chemically and/or enzymatically into end product,to be applied for example as perfumery ingredients.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to providepolypeptides which show the enzymatic terpene degrading activity orpolypeptides which convert such terpenes into degradable derivatives.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is theestablishing of novel fully biocatalytic degradation pathway forgenerating defined terpene degradation products.

SUMMARY

The above-mentioned problem could surprisingly be solved by providing anew class of polypeptides having enal-cleaving activity which allow forthe first time the specific shortening of carbonyl-functionalizedterpene compounds by 2 carbon atoms and respective bio catalyticprocesses. For example, the novel class of enzymes allows the conversionof the labdane-type compound copalal, which comprises a diterpene carbonskeleton and carries a terminal aldehyde group to the respectivedinor-labdane compound manooloxy shortened by 2 carbon atoms, i.e.retaining a carbon skeleton composed of 18 carbon atoms.

The above-mentioned problem in an alternative approach could alsosurprisingly be solved by providing a new class of polypeptides havingBaeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase (BVMO) activity which allow the specificoxidiation of terpene compounds to esters (Baeyer-Villiger oxygenation)and respective biocatalytic processes. For example, the novel class ofBVMOs allows the conversion of the labdane-type compound copalal, whichcomprises a diterpene carbon skeleton and carries a terminal aldehydegroup to the respective norlabdane formate ester. By saidBaeyer-Villiger oxygenation the labdane compound may be easily convertedto the respective norlabdane through the action of a polypeptide havingesterase activity. This step results consequently in a shortening by onecarbon atom. In case the terminal aldehyde group is replaced by aterminal keto group a shortening in the same manner but now by more thanone carbonate is possible. Repetition of the combination ofBVMO-catalysed oxygenation step and esterase-catalyzed cleavage step,allows the stepwise shortening of the hydrocarbon chain of the terpenemolecule.

Combinations of degradation steps catalyzed by the above enal-cleavingenzymes and BVMO enzymes allow the construction of completely newbiochemical degradation pathways applicable a greater variety ofcarbonyl functionalized chemical compounds, in particular cyclic ornon-cyclic terpenes or terpenoids.

Said biocatalytic steps may be coupled to several other preceding(upstrean) or successive (downstream) enzymatic steps and allow theprovision of a biocatalytic multistep process for the fully enzymaticsynthesis of numerous valuable complex terpene molecules from theirrespective precursors.

The subsequent scheme illustrates two particular embodiments of twoalternative pathways (“Enal cleaving polypeptide pathway” and “BMVOpathway)” of the present invention allowing the degradation of thelabdane aldehyde copalal to manooloxy, which pathways are explained inmore detail in the subsequent sections of the present specification. Thescheme also illustrates the degradation of manooloxy to gamma-ambrol byapplying a further BMVO-based degradation step.

In full analogy to said exemplified reaction sequences this basicbiosynthetic strategy my be applied to any other isomer of copalol or toany other labdane-type aldehyde in order to provide structurally relatedisomers of manooloxy, gamma-ambryl acetate or gamma-ambrol.

It also may be applied to structurally different mono-cyclic ornon-cyclic carbonyl compounds as herein below specified in more detail.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 . Schematic representation of the chromosomal integration of thegenes encoding for mevalonate pathway enzymes and organization of thetwo synthetic gene operons. mvaK1, a gene encoding a mevalonate kinasefrom S. pneumoniae; mvaD, a gene encoding a phosphomevalonatedecarboxylase from S. pneumoniae; mvaK2, a gene encoding aphosphomevalonate kinase from S. pneumoniae; fni a gene encoding anisopentenyl diphosphate isomerase from S. pneumoniae; mvaA, a geneencoding an HMG-CoA synthase from S. aureus; mvaS a genes encoding anHMG-CoA reductase from S. aureus; atoB a gene encoding anacetoacetyl-CoA thiolase from E. coli; ERG20, a gene encoding an FPPsynthase from S. cerevisiae.

FIG. 2 . Conversion of manooloxy to gamma-ambryl acetate using BVMOs inan whole-cells bioconversion assay. GC-MS analysis of the productsformed during the bioconversion of manooloxy by different BVMOs:SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1, SCH46-BVMO1. The upper chromatogram shows theGC-MS analysis of manooloxy. The lower chromatogram shows the GC-MSanalysis of a bioconversion using control cells not expressing arecombinant BVMO.

FIG. 3 . Conversion of copalal using BVMOs in whole-cells bioconversionassays. GC-MS analysis of the products formed (compounds 3a, 3b, 4a, 4bas described in the experimental part) during the bioconversion ofcis-copalal and trans-copalal by different BVMOs: SCH23-BVMO1,SCH24-BVMO1, SCH46-BVMO1. The upper chromatogram shows the GC-MSanalysis of a bioconversion using control cells not expressing arecombinant BVMO.

FIG. 4 . Kinetic of the conversion of copalal using SCH23-BVMO1 inwhole-cells bioconversion assays. GC-MS analysis of the products(compounds 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b as described in the experimental part)formed during the bioconversion of cis-copalal and trans-copalal bySCH23-BVMO1 after 0, 18 and 42 hours of incubation.

FIG. 5 . In vitro conversion of manooloxy using BVMOs. GC-MS analysis ofthe conversion of manooloxy by SCH23-BVMO1 and SCH24-BVMO1 showing theformation of gamma-ambrol acetate. The upper chromatogram shows theGC-MS analysis of a conversion using control protein without recombinantBVMO.

FIG. 6 . In vitro conversion of manooloxy using BVMOs and esterases.GC-MS analysis of the conversion of manooloxy by SCH23-BVMO1, SCH23-ESTand the combination of SCH23-BVMO1 and SCH23-EST showing the formationof gamma-ambrol. The upper chromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of aconversion using control protein without recombinant enzymes.

FIG. 7 . In vitro conversion of manooloxy using BVMOs and esterases.GC-MS analysis of the conversion of manooloxy by SCH24-BVMO1, SCH24-ESTand the combination of SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH24-EST showing the formationof gamma-ambrol. The upper chromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of aconversion using control protein without recombinant enzymes.

FIG. 8 . In vitro conversion of compounds 4a and 4b to compounds 5a and5b using esterases. GC-MS analysis of the in-vitro conversion ofcompounds 4a and 4b by SCH23-EST1, SCH24-EST1 and SCH25-EST1 showing theformation of compounds 5a and 5b.

FIG. 9 . In vitro conversion of copalal to compounds 5a and 5b usingSCH23-BVMO1 and esterases. GCMS analysis of the in-vitro conversion ofcis-copalal and trans-copalal by SCH23-BVMOs in combination withSCH23-EST1, SCH24-EST1 and SCH25-EST1 showing the formation of compounds5a and 5b. The peak labelled with an * and at retention time of 11.95minutes correspond to gamma-ambryl acetate; the observation of thiscompound in samples incubated with the BVMO alone is due to presence ofsmall amounts of manooloxy in the mixture of copalal used in theseassay.

FIG. 10 . In vitro conversion of copalal to compounds 5a and 5b usingSCH24-BVMO1 and esterases. GCMS analysis of the in-vitro conversion ofcis-copalal and trans-copalal by SCH23-BVMOs in combination withSCH23-EST1 and SCH25-EST1 showing the formation of compounds 5a and 5b.The peak labelled with an * at retention time of 11.95 minutescorrespond to gamma-ambryl acetate; the observation of this compound insamples incubated with the BVMO alone is due to presence of smallamounts of manooloxy in the mixture of copalal used in these assay.

FIG. 11 . Biochemical production of the 14,15-dinor-labdane compounds 5aand 5b and biosynthetic intermediates in engineered bacteria cellsexpression a BVMO and an esterase. The upper chromatogram shows theGC-MS analysis of compounds produced by E coil cells transformed withthe pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of enzymes of a copalalbiosynthetic pathway. The following chromatograms show the GC-MSanalysis of cells further transformed with a second plasmid carryingnucleotide sequences encoding for a BVMO enzyme or a BVMO enzymetogether with an esterase.

FIG. 12 . GC-MS analysis of the products of the biotransformation ofcompounds 5a and 5b by E coli cells expressing various alcoholdehydrogenases. The upper chromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of abioconversion using control cells not expressing a recombinant alcoholdehydrogenase. The following chromatograms show the GC-MS analysis of aconversion using cells expressing the recombinant RrhSecADH,SCH80-00043, SCH80-04254, SCH80-06135 or SCH80-06582 protein.

FIG. 13 . Biochemical production of gamma-ambryl acetate andbiosynthetic intermediates in engineered bacteria cells expression aBVMO, an esterase and an alcohol dehydrogenase. The upper chromatogramshows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E coli cellstransformed with the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of theenzymes of a copalal biosynthetic pathway. The middle chromatogram showthe GC-MS analysis of cells further transformed with a second plasmidcarrying nucleotide sequences encoding for a SCH-BVMO1 and SCH24-EST.The bottom chromatogram show the GC-MS analysis of cells transformedwith pJ401-CPAL-1 and with the plasmid pJ423-secADH-23BVMO-EST allowingthe expression of the RrhSecADH, SCH23-BVMO1 and SCH23-EST proteins.

FIG. 14 . A) GC-MS analysis of terpenes and derivatives produced usingthe modified S. cerevisiae strains expressing the GGPP synthase carG,the CPP synthase SmCPS2, the CPP phosphatase TalVeTPP and eitherSCH23-ADH1, SCH23-BVMO1, SCH23-EST1 and SCH23-ADH2 (YST120 w/plasmid) orSCH24-ADH1a, SCH24-BVMO1, SCH24-EST1 and SCH24-ADH2a (YST121 w/plasmid).The control strain was YST075 expressing only the copalol biosyntheticpathway. B) GC-MS analysis of the region where farnesal was identified,the farnesal mass spectrum is shown. C) GC-MS analysis of the regionwhere manooloxy was identified, the manooloxy mass spectrum is shown.

FIG. 15 . GC-MS analysis of Manooloxy produced using the modified S.cerevisiae strains expressing the GGPP synthase carG, the CPP synthaseSmCPS2, the CPP phosphatase TalVeTPP and either SCH23-ADH1, SCH23-BVMO1and SCH23-EST1 (YST177) or SCH24-ADH1a, SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH24-EST1(YST178). The control strain was YST075 expressing only the copalolbiosynthetic pathway. The manooloxy mass spectrum is shown.

FIG. 16 . GC-MS analysis of diterpenes and derivatives produced using Ecoli cells expressing a CPP synthase, a phosphatase, an alcoholdehydrogenase and/or SCH94-3944. The upper chromatogram shows thediterpene region the GC-MS analysis of compounds produced by E colicells transformed with the pJ401-CPOL-4 plasmid allowing the expressionof the enzymes of a copalol biosynthetic pathway. The followingchromatograms shows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by thesame E coli cells further transformed with the plasmidspJ423-SCH94-3945, pJ423-SCH94-3944 or pJ423-SCH94-3944-3945 allowing theexpression of SCH94-3945, SCH94-3944 or the combination of SCH94-3944and SCH94-3945.

FIG. 17 . GC-MS analysis of sesquiterpene and derivatives produced usingE coli cells expressing a phosphatase, an alcohol dehydrogenase andSCH94-3944. The upper chromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of thecompounds produced by E coli cells transformed with the pJ401-FAL-1plasmid allowing the expression of the enzymes of a farnesalbiosynthetic pathway. The lower chromatograms shows the GC-MS analysisof the compounds produced by the same E coli cells further transformedwith the plasmids pJ423-SCH94-3944 allowing the expression of theSCH94-3944 protein.

FIG. 18 . GC-MS analysis of the products of the biotransformation ofcitral, citronelal and (E)-2-dodecanal by E coli cells expressingSCH94-3944. For each compounds the GC-MS analysis of the transformationusing control E. coli cells and cells transformed to express theSCH94-3944 protein are show.

FIG. 19 . GC-MS analysis of the sesquiterpenes and diterpenes producedusing E coli cells expressing a CPP synthase, a phosphatase, an alcoholdehydrogenase. The chromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of compoundsproduced by E coli cells transformed with the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmidallowing the expression of the enzymes of a copalal biosyntheticpathway.

FIG. 20 . GC-MS analysis of diterpenes and derivatives produced using Ecoli cells expressing a CPP synthase, a phosphatase, an alcoholdehydrogenase and SCH80-05241, SCH94-3944, PdigitDUF4334, PitalDUF4334-1or AspWeDUF4334. The upper chromatogram shows the diterpene region inthe GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E coli DP1205 cellstransformed with the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of theenzymes of a copalal biosynthetic pathway. The following chromatogramsshows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E colicells further transformed with a second plasmid expressing theSCH80-05241, SCH94-3944, PdigitDUF4334, PitalDUF4334-1 or AspWeDUF4334recombinant proteins.

FIG. 21 . GC-MS analysis of diterpenes and derivatives produced using Ecoli cells expressing a CPP synthase, a phosphatase, an alcoholdehydrogenase and CnecaDUF4334, Rins-DUF4334, RhoagDUF4334-2,RhoagDUF4334-3, RhoagDUF4334-4, CgatDUF4334, GclavDUF4334, TcurvaDUF4334or PprotDUF4334. The upper chromatogram shows the diterpene region of aGC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E coli DP1205 cellstransformed with the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of theenzymes of a copalal biosynthetic pathway. The following chromatogramsshows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E colicells further transformed with a second plasmid expressing theCnecaDUF4334, Rins-DUF4334, RhoagDUF4334-2, RhoagDUF4334-3,RhoagDUF4334-4, CgatDUF4334, GclavDUF4334, TcurvaDUF4334 or PprotDUF4334recombinant proteins.

FIG. 22 . GC-MS analysis of sesquiterpenes and derivatives producedusing E coli cells expressing a phosphatase, an alcohol dehydrogenaseand SCH80-05241, SCH94-3944, PdigitDUF4334, PitalDUF4334-1 orAspWeDUF4334. The upper chromatogram shows the sesquiterpene region inthe GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E coli DP1205 cellstransformed with the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of theenzymes of a copalal biosynthetic pathway. The following chromatogramsshows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E. colicells further transformed with a second plasmid expressing theSCH80-05241, SCH94-3944, PdigitDUF4334, PitalDUF4334-1 or AspWeDUF4334recombinant proteins.

FIG. 23 . GC-MS analysis of sesquiterpenes and derivatives producedusing E coli cells expressing a phosphatase, an alcohol dehydrogenaseand CnecaDUF4334, Rins-DUF4334, RhoagDUF4334-2, RhoagDUF4334-3,RhoagDUF4334-4, CgatDUF4334, GclavDUF4334, TcurvaDUF4334 orPprotDUF4334. The upper chromatogram shows the sesquiterpene region ofthe GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E coli cells transformedwith the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of the enzymes ofa copalal biosynthetic pathway. The following chromatograms shows theGC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E coli cellsfurther transformed with a second plasmid expressing the CnecaDUF4334,Rins-DUF4334, RhoagDUF4334-2, RhoagDUF4334-3, RhoagDUF4334-4,CgatDUF4334, GclavDUF4334, TcurvaDUF4334 or PprotDUF4334 recombinantproteins.

FIG. 24 . Alignment and conserved amino acids of GXWXG and DUF4334domain containing proteins catalazing the enzymatic enal-cleavage. Theboxes show the predicted localization of the respective protein familydomains.

FIG. 25 . Farnesal and copalal conversion activities by single aminoacid variants of SCH94-3944. The activities are presented as the totalamount of manooloxy and geranylacetone produced expressed in percentagesrelative to the wild type enzyme activities.

FIG. 26 . GC-MS analysis of the biochemical production of manooloxy andgamma-ambryl acetate by E. coli cells expressing a CPP synthase, aphosphatase, an alcohol dehydrogenase, an enal cleaving enzyme and aBVMO. The upper chromatogram shows the diterpene region of the GC-MSanalysis of the compounds produced by E coli DP1205 cells transformedwith the pJ401-CPAL-1 plasmid allowing the expression of the enzymes ofa copalal biosynthetic pathway. The following chromatograms shows theGC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E coli cellsfurther transformed with a second plasmid expressing the AspWeBVMO,SCH94-3944, SCH94-3944 together with AspWeBVMO, SCH94-3944 together withSCH23-BVMO1, SCH94-3944 together with SCH24-BVMO1, and SCH94-3944together with SCH46-BVMO1.

FIG. 27 . GC-MS analysis of terpenes and derivatives produced using themodified S. cerevisiae strains expressing the GGPP synthase carG, theCPP synthase SmCPS2, the CPP phosphatase TalVeTPP, the alcoholdehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 and either AspWeDUF4334 (YST184), CnecaDUF4334(YST185), Pdigit7033 (YST186), SCH94-3944 (YST187) or SCH80-05241(YST188).

FIG. 28A) Percentages of identified terpenes produced by YST184, YST185,YST186, YST187 and YST188. B) Total amount of identified terpenes (SumT)produced by YST184, YST185, YST186, YST187 and YST188 with respect tothe amount of identified terpenes in control (SumT-C). The controlstrain was YST075 expressing the copalol biosynthetic pathway.

FIG. 29 . GC-MS analysis of terpenes and derivatives produced using themodified S. cerevisiae strains expressing the GGPP synthase carG, theCPP synthase SmCPS2, the CPP phosphatase TalVeTPP, the alcoholdehydrogenase SCH23-ADH, the enal-cleaving polypeptide AspWeDUF4334 andeither SCH23-BVMO1 (YST190), SCH24-BVMO1 (YST191) or AspWeBVMO (YST192).

FIG. 30 . A) Total amount of identified terpenes (SumT) produced byYST190, YST191 and YST192 with respect to the amount of identifiedterpenes in YST184 (SumT-C). B) Percentages of identified terpenesproduced by YST190, YST191 and YST192.

FIG. 31 . GC-MS analysis of the diterpene and diterpene derivativesproduce using E. coli cells expressing a LPP synthase, a phosphatase, analcohol dehydrogenase and enal-cleaving polypeptide. The upperchromatogram shows the GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by E.coli DP1205 cells transformed with the pJ401-LOH-2 vector allowing theexpression of the enzymes of a labdendiol biosynthetic pathway. Thefollowing chromatograms shows the GC-MS analysis of the compoundsproduced by the same E. coli cells further transformed with a secondplasmid expressing the AzeTolADH1 alcohol dehydrogenase or theSCH94-3945 alcohol dehydrogenase together with the SCH94-3944enal-cleaving polypeptide.

FIG. 32 . Alignment and conserved amino acids of FMO-like domaincontaining proteins with BVMO activity. The boxes show the predictedlocalization of the respective protein family domains.

FIG. 33 . GC-MS/FID analysis of terpenes and derivatives produced usingthe modified S. cerevisiae strains expressing the bifunctional PvCPS,the CPP phosphatase TalVeTPP, the alcohol dehydrogenase SCH23-ADH, theenal-cleaving polypeptide AspWeDUF4334, the Baeyer-Villigermonooxygenase SCH23-BVMO1 and either the esterase SCH23-EST (YST257) orthe esterase SCH24-EST (YST258).

FIG. 34 . GC-MS analysis of the biochemical production of gamma-ambrolby E. coli cells expressing a CPP synthase, a phosphatase, an alcoholdehydrogenase, an enal-cleaving enzyme, a BVMO and an esterase. A. GC-MSanalysis of the compounds produced by E coli DP1205 cells transformedwith the pJ401-Mnoxy plasmid allowing the expression of the enzymes of amanooloxy biosynthetic pathway. B. GC-MS analysis of the compoundsproduced by the same E. coli cells further expressing the a BVMO(SCH24-BVMO). C. GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the same E.coli cells further expressing the a BVMO (SCH24-BVMO) and an esterase(SCH24-EST).

ABBREVIATIONS USED

-   ADH alcohol dehydrogenase-   BVMO Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase-   bp base pair-   kb kilo base-   CPP copalyl diphosphate-   CPS copalyl diphosphate synthase-   DNA deoxyribonucleic acid-   cDNA complementary DNA-   DMAPP dimethylallyl diphosphate-   DTT dithiothreitol-   FMO Flavin Monooxygenase-   FPP farnesyl diphosphate-   GPP geranyldiphosphate-   GGPP geranylgeranyl diphosphate-   GGPS geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase-   GC gas chromatograph-   IPP isopentenyl diphosphate-   LPP labdendiol diphosphate-   LPS labdendiol diphosphate synthase-   MS mass spectrometer/mass spectrometry-   MVA mevalonic acid-   PP diphosphate, pyrophosphate-   PCR polymerase chain reaction-   RNA ribonucleic acid-   mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid-   miRNA micro RNA-   siRNA small interfering RNA-   rRNA ribosomal RNA-   tRNA transfer RNA-   TPP terpenyl diphosphate

Definitions a) General Terms:

For the descriptions herein and the appended claims, the use of “or”means “and/or” unless stated otherwise. Similarly, “comprise”,“comprises”, “comprising”, “include”, “includes”, and “including” areinterchangeable and not intended to be limiting.

It is to be further understood that where descriptions of variousembodiments use the term “comprising,” those skilled in the art wouldunderstand that in some specific instances, an embodiment can bealternatively described using language “consisting essentially of” or“consisting of”.

The terms “purified”, “substantially purified”, and “isolated” as usedherein refer to the state of being free of other, dissimilar compoundswith which a compound of the invention is normally associated in itsnatural state, so that the “purified”, “substantially purified”, and“isolated” subject comprises at least 0.5%, 1%, 5%, 10%, or 20%, or atleast 50% or 75% of the mass, by weight, of a given sample. In oneembodiment, these terms refer to the compound of the inventioncomprising at least 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100%, of the mass, by weight,of a given sample. As used herein, the terms “purified,” “substantiallypurified,” and “isolated” when referring to a nucleic acid or protein,or nucleic acids or proteins, also refers to a state of purification orconcentration different than that which occurs naturally, for example inan prokaryotic or eukaryotic environment, like, for example in abacterial or fungal cell, or in the mammalian organism, especially humanbody. Any degree of purification or concentration greater than thatwhich occurs naturally, including (1) the purification from otherassociated structures or compounds or (2) the association withstructures or compounds to which it is not normally associated in saidprokaryotic or eukaryotic environment, are within the meaning of“isolated”. The nucleic acid or protein or classes of nucleic acids orproteins, described herein, may be isolated, or otherwise associatedwith structures or compounds to which they are not normally associatedin nature, according to a variety of methods and processes known tothose of skill in the art.

The term “about” indicates a potential variation of ±25% of the statedvalue, in particular ±15%, ±10%, more particularly ±5%, ±2% or ±1%.

The term “substantially” describes a range of values of from about 80 to100%, such as, for example, 85-99.9%, in particular 90 to 99.9%, moreparticularly 95 to 99.9%, or 98 to 99.9% and especially 99 to 99.9%.

“Predominantly” refers to a proportion in the range of above 50%, as forexample in the range of 51 to 100%, particularly in the range of 75 to99.9%, more particularly 85 to 98.5%, like 95 to 99%.

A “main product” in the context of the present invention designates asingle compound or a group of at least 2 compounds, like 2, 3, 4, 5 ormore, particularly 2 or 3 compounds, which single compound or group ofcompounds is “predominantly” prepared by a reaction as described herein,and is contained in said reaction in a predominant proportion based onthe total amount of the constituents of the product formed by saidreaction. Said proportion may be a molar proportion, a weight proportionor, preferably based on chromatographic analytics, an area proportioncalculated from the corresponding chromatogram of the reaction products.

A “side product” in the context of the present invention designates asingle compound or a group of at least 2 compounds, like 2, 3, 4, 5 ormore, particularly 2 or 3 compounds, which single compound or group ofcompounds is not “predominantly” prepared by a reaction as describedherein.

Because of the reversibility of enzymatic reactions, the presentinvention relates, unless otherwise stated, to the enzymatic orbiocatalytic reactions described herein in both directions of reaction.

“Functional mutants” of herein described polypeptides include the“functional equivalents” of such polypeptides as defined below.

The term “stereoisomers” includes conformational isomers and inparticular configuration isomers.

Included in general are, according to the invention, all “stereoisomericforms” of the compounds described herein, such as “constitutionalisomers” and “stereoisomers”.

“Stereoisomeric forms” encompass in particular, “stereoisomers” andmixtures thereof, e.g. configuration isomers (optical isomers), such asenantiomers, or geometric isomers (diastereomers), such as E- andZ-isomers, and combinations thereof. If one or more asymmetric centersare present in one molecule, the invention encompasses all combinationsof different conformations of these asymmetry centers, e.g. enantiomericpairs.

“Stereoselectivity” describes the ability to produce a particularstereoisomer of a compound in a stereoisomerically pure form or tospecifically convert a particular stereoisomer in an enzyme catalyzedmethod as described herein out of a plurality of stereoisomers. Morespecifically, this means that a product of the invention is enrichedwith respect to a specific stereoisomer, or an educt may be depletedwith respect to a particular stereoisomer. This may be quantified viathe purity % ee-parameter calculated according to the formula:

% ee=[X _(A) −X _(B)]/[X _(A) +X _(B)]*100,

wherein X_(A) and X_(B) represent the molar ratio (Molenbruch) of thestereoisomers A and B.

The terms “selectively converting” or “increasing the selectivity” ingeneral means that a particular stereoisomeric form, as for example theE-form, of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, is converted in a higherproportion or amount (compared on a molar basis) than the correspondingother stereoisomeric form, as for example Z-form, either during theentire course of said reaction (i.e. between initiation and terminationof the reaction), at a certain point of time of said reaction, or duringan “interval” of said reaction. In particular, said selectivity may beobserved during an “interval” corresponding 1 to 99%, 2 to 95%, 3 to90%, 5 to 85%, 10 to 80%, 15 to 75%, 20 to 70%, 25 to 65%, 30 to 60%, or40 to 50% conversion of the initial amount of the substrate. Said higherproportion or amount may, for example, be expressed in terms of:

a higher maximum yield of an isomer observed during the entire course ofthe reaction or said interval thereof;

-   -   a higher relative amount of an isomer at a defined % degree of        conversion value of the substrate; and/or    -   an identical relative amount of an isomer at a higher % degree        of conversion value;

each of which preferably being observed relative to a reference method,said reference method being performed under otherwise identicalconditions with known chemical or biochemical means.

Generally also comprised in accordance with the invention are all“isomeric forms” of the compounds described herein, such asconstitutional isomers and in particular stereoisomers and mixtures ofthese, such as, for example, optical isomers or geometric isomers, suchas E- and Z-isomers, and combinations of these. If several centers ofasymmetry are present in a molecule, then the invention comprises allcombinations of different conformations of these centers of asymmetry,such as, for example, pairs of enantiomers, or any mixtures ofstereoisomeric forms.

“Yield” and/or the “conversion rate” of a reaction according to theinvention is determined over a defined period of, for example, 4, 6, 8,10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36 or 48 hours, in which the reaction takes place.In particular, the reaction is carried out under precisely definedconditions, for example at “standard conditions” as herein defined.

The different yield parameters (“Yield” or Y_(P/S); “SpecificProductivity Yield”; or Space-Time-Yield (STY)) are well known in theart and are determined as described in the literature.

“Yield” and “Y_(P/S)” (each expressed in mass of product produced/massof material consumed) are herein used as synonyms.

The specific productivity-yield describes the amount of a product thatis produced per h and L fermentation broth per g of biomass. The amountof wet cell weight stated as WCW describes the quantity of biologicallyactive microorganism in a biochemical reaction. The value is given as gproduct per g WCW per h (i.e. g/gWCW⁻¹ h⁻¹). Alternatively, the quantityof biomass can also be expressed as the amount of dry cell weight statedas DCW. Furthermore, the biomass concentration can be more easilydetermined by measuring the optical density at 600 nm (OD₆₀₀) and byusing an experimentally determined correlation factor for estimating thecorresponding wet cell or dry cell weight, respectively.

If the present disclosure refers to features, parameters and rangesthereof of different degree of preference (including general, notexplicitly preferred features, parameters and ranges thereof) then,unless otherwise stated, any combination of two or more of suchfeatures, parameters and ranges thereof, irrespective of theirrespective degree of preference, is encompassed by the disclosure of thepresent description.

b) Biochemical Terms

The term “domain” refers to a set of amino acids or a partial sequenceof amino acids residues conserved at specific positions along analignment of sequences of evolutionarily related proteins. While aminoacids at other positions can vary between protein homologues, aminoacids that are highly conserved at specific positions of such domainindicate amino acids that are likely essential in the structure,stability or function of a protein. Identified by their high degree ofconservation in aligned sequences of a family of protein homologues,they can be used as identifiers to determine if any polypeptide inquestion belongs to a previously identified polypeptide family.

The term “motif” or consensus sequence” or “signature” refers to a shortconserved region in the sequence of evolutionarily related proteins.Motifs are frequently highly conserved parts of domains, but may alsoinclude only part of the domain.

A “protein family” is defined as a group of proteins that share a commonevolutionary origin reflected by their related functions, similaritiesin sequence, or similar primary, secondary or tertiary structure.Proteins within protein families are usually homologous and have similarstructure of conserved functional domains and motifs.

Specialist databases exist for the identification of domains, forexample, SMART (Schultz et al. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95,5857-5864; Letunic et al. (2002) Nucleic Acids Res 30, 242-244),InterPro (Mulder et al., (2003) Nucl. Acids. Res. 31, 315-318), Prosite(Bucher and Bairoch (1994), A generalized profile syntax forbiomolecular sequences motifs and its function in automatic sequenceinterpretation. (In) ISMB-94; Proceedings 2nd International Conferenceon Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology. Altman R., Brutlag D.,Karp P., Lathrop R., Searls D., Eds., pp 53-61, AAAI Press, Menlo Park;Hulo et al., Nucl. Acids. Res. 32:D134-D137, (2004)), or Pfam (Batemanet al., Nucleic Acids Research 30(1): 276-280 (2002)). Domains or motifsmay also be identified using routine techniques, such as by sequencealignment.

The term “Pfam” refers to a large collection of protein domains andprotein families maintained by the Pfam Consortium and available atseveral sponsored world wide web sites, such as http://pfam.xfam.org//(European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute(EMBL EBI). The latest release of Pfam is Pfam 32.0 (September 2018),based on the UniProt Reference Proteomes (El-Gebali S. et al, 2019,Nucleic Acids Res. 47, Database issue D427-D432). Pfam domains andfamilies are identified using multiple sequence alignments and hiddenMarkov models (HMMs). Pfam-A family or domain assignments, are highquality assignments generated by a curated seed alignment usingrepresentative members of a protein family and profile hidden Markovmodels based on the seed alignment (Unless otherwise specified, matchesof a queried protein to a Pfam domain or family are Pfam-A matches). Allidentified sequences belonging to the family are then used toautomatically generate a full alignment for the family (Sonnhammer(1998) Nucleic Acids Research 26, 320-322; Bateman (2000) Nucleic AcidsResearch 26, 263-266; Bateman (2004) Nucleic Acids Research 32, DatabaseIssue, D138-D141; Finn (2006) Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue 34,D247-251; Finn (2010) Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue 38,D211-222). By accessing the Pfam database, for example, using any of theabove-reference websites, protein sequences can be queried against theHMMs using HMMER homology search software (e.g., HMMER2, HMMER3, or ahigher version, hmmer.janelia.org/). Significant matches that identify aqueried protein as being in a pfam family (or as having a particularPfam domain) are those in which the bit score is greater than or equalto the gathering threshold for the Pfam domain. Expectation values(e-values) can also be used as a criterion for inclusion of a queriedprotein in a Pfam or for determining whether a queried protein has aparticular Pfam domain, where low e-values, much less than 1.0, forexample less than 0.1, or less.

The “E-value” (expectation value) is the number of hits that would beexpected to have a score equal to or better than this value, by chancealone. This means that a good E-value which gives a confident predictionis much less than 1. E-values around 1 is what is expected by chance.Thus, the lower the E-value, the more specific the search for domainswill be. Only positive numbers are allowed. (definition by Pfam))

A “precursor” molecule of a target compound as described herein isconverted to said target compound, preferably through the enzymaticaction of a suitable polypeptide performing at least one structuralchange on said precursor molecule. For example a “diphosphate precursor”(as for example a “terpenyl diphosphate precursor”) is converted to saidtarget compound (as for example a terpene alcohol) via enzymatic removalof the diphosphate moiety, for example by removal of mono- ordiphosphate groups by a phosphatase enzyme. For example a “non-cyclicprecursor” (like a non-cyclic terpenyl precursor”) may be converted tothe cyclic target molecule (like a cyclic terpene compound) through theaction of a cyclase or synthase enzyme, irrespective of the particularenzymatic mechanism of such enzyme, in one or more steps.

The term “protein tyrosine phosphatase” represents a group of enzymesthat are generally known to remove phosphate groups from phosphorylatedtyrosine residues on proteins. A particular subgroup of said family asdescribed herein are enzymes useful to dephosphorylate phosphorylatedterpene molecules.

A “terpene synthase” designates a polypeptide which converts a terpeneprecursor molecule to the respective terpene target molecule, like inparticular a processed target terpene alcohol or terpene hydrocarbon.Non-limiting examples of such terpene precursor molecules are forexample non-cyclic compounds, selected from farnesyl pyrophosphate(FPP), geranylgeranyl-pyrophosphate (GGPP), or a mixture of isopentenylpyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethyl allyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP). In casethe obtained terpene contains a diphosphate moiety the synthase isdesignated “terpenyl diphosphate synthase”

The terms “terpenyl diphosphate synthase” or “polypeptide havingterpenyl diphosphate synthase activity” or “terpenyl diphosphatesynthase protein” or “having the ability to produce terpenyldiphosphate” relate to a polypeptide capable of catalyzing the synthesisof a terpenyl diphosphate, in the form of any of its stereoisomers or amixture thereof, starting from an acyclic terpene pyrophosphate,particularly GPP, FPP or GGPP or IPP together with DMAPP. The terpenydiphosphate may be the only product or may be part of a mixture ofterpenyl phosphates. Said mixture may comprise terpenyl monophosphateand/or a terpene alcohol. The above definition also applies to the groupof “bicyclic terpenyl diphosphate synthases”, which produce a bicyclicterpenyl diphosphate, like CPP or LPP. As example of such “terpenyldiphosphate synthase” enzymes there may be mentioned copalyl diphosphatesynthase (CPS). Copalyl-diphosphate may be the only product or may bepart of a mixture of copalyl phosphates. Said mixture may comprisecopalyl-monophosphate and/or other terpenyl diphosphate. As anotherexample of such “terpenyl diphosphate synthase” enzymes there may bementioned and labdendiol diphosphate synthase (LPS). Labdendioldiphosphate may be the only product or may be part of a mixture oflabdendiol phosphates. Said mixture may comprise labdendiolmonophosphate and/or terpenyl diphosphate.

The terms “terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase” or “polypeptide havingterpenyl diphosphate phosphatase activity” or “terpenyl diphosphatephosphatase protein” or “having the ability to produce terpene alcohol”relate to a polypeptide capable of catalyzing the removal (irrespectiveof a particular enzymatic mechanism) of a diphosphate moiety ormonophosphate moieties, to form a dephosphorylated compound, inparticular the corresponding alcohol compound of said terpenyl moiety.The terpene alcohol may be present in the product in any of itsstereoisomers or as a mixture thereof. The terpene alcohol may be theonly product or may be part of a mixture with other terpene compounds,as for example dephosphorylated analogs of the respective (for examplenon-cyclic) terpenyl diphosphate precursor of said terpenyl diphosphate.The above definition also applies to the group of “bicyclic terpenyldiphosphate phosphatase”, which produce a bicyclic terpene alcohol, likecopalol or labdendiol.

As example of such “terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase” enzymes there maybe mentioned copalyl diphosphate phosphatase (CPP phosphatase). Copalolmay be the only product or may be part of a mixture withdephosphorylated precursors, like for example farnesol and/orgeranylgeraniol; and/or side products resulting from enzymatic sideactivities in the reaction mixture, like esters or aldehydes of suchalcohols or other cyclic or non-cyclic diterpenes. As another example ofsuch “terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase” enzymes there may be mentionedand labdendiol diphosphate phosphatase (LPP phosphatase). Labdendiol maybe the only product or may be part of a mixture with dephosphorylatedprecursors, like for example farnesol and/or geranylgeraniol; and/orside products resulting from enzymatic side activities in the reactionmixture, like esters or aldehydes of such alcohols or other cyclic ornon-cyclic diterpenes.

An “enal-cleaving enzyme” or “enal-cleaving protein” or “enal-cleavingpolypeptide” in the context of the present invention designates an“α,β-unsaturated aldehyde carbon-carbon double bond-cleaving enzyme,which also may be called a “α,β-unsaturated aldehyde C≡C bond-cleavingenzyme” or “α,β-unsaturated aldehyde C═C-cleaving enzyme” or a “enalC═C-cleaving enzyme”. The enal-cleaving protein of the invention, basedon protein domain organization, may also be described as a member of the‘DUF4334 protein family” and/or as a member of the “GXWXG proteinfamily”.

More particularly, an enal cleaving enzyme of the invention has theability to cleave labdane-type carbonyl compounds, like labdanealdehydes, in particular copalal to the respective dinorlabdane carbonylcompound. “Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases” (BVMOs) are flavoenzymes andbelong to the class of refers to a polypeptide having oxidoreductaseactivity (EC 1.14.13.X). They catalyze the oxidation of linear, cyclic(aromatic or non-aromatic) aldehydes or ketones to the correspondingesters or lactones, highly similar to the chemical Baeyer-Villigeroxidation. During the enzymatic oxidation one atom of molecular oxygenis incorporated into a carbon-carbon bond of a non-activated carbonylcompound. The BVMOs require NADPH or NADH as cofactor or accept both.They also require molecular oxygen as co-substrate. More particularly, aBVMO of the invention has the ability to oxidize terpene-derivedaldehydes or ketones, like for example labdane-type carbonyl compounds,like labdane aldehydes, in particular copalal and/or manooloxy to therespective carbonyl ester

An “esterase” refers to a polypeptide having hydrolase activity thatsplits esters into an acid and an alcohol in a chemical reaction withwater (hydrolysis). Esterases in the context of the present inventionare selected from the class of carboxylic ester hydrolases (EC 3.1.1.-),which splits off acyl groups, like acetyl or formyl groups, from therespective etser substrate. More particularly, an esterase of theinvention has the ability to cleave labdane-type ester compounds, likegamma-ambryl-acetate, to form the respective labdane-type alcohol, likegamma-ambrol.

An “alcohol dehydrogenase” (ADH) in the context of the present inventionrefers to a polypeptide having the ability to oxidize an alcohol to thecorresponding aldehyde in the presence of NAD⁺ or NADP⁺ as cofactor.Such enzymes are members of the E.C. families 1.1.1.1 (NAD⁺ dependent)or 1.1.1.2 (NADP⁺ dependent). More particularly, an ADH of the inventionhas the ability to oxidize labdane-type alkohols to the respectivelabdane-type carbonyl compounds (aldehydes or ketones), like copalol tocopalal and/or labdendiol to the respective aldehyde or otherlabdane-type derivatives of copalol, labdendiol, for example therespective nor- or dinor-labdane derivatives of copalol or labdendiol.ADHs a sused herein may either be endogenously present in the respectivebiocatalytic process or may be exogenous.

“Enal-cleaving activity” is determined under “standard conditions” asdescribed herein below: It can be determined using recombinantenal-cleaving polypeptide expressing host cells, disrupted enal-cleavingpolypeptide expressing cells, fractions of these or enriched or purifiedenal-cleaving polypeptide, in a culture medium or reaction medium,preferably buffered, having a pH in the range of 6 to 11, preferably 7to 9, at a temperature in the range of about 20 to 45° C., like about 25to 40° C., preferably 25 to 32° C. and in the presence of a referencesubstrate, here in particular copalal, either added at an initialconcentration in the range of 1 to 100 μM mg/ml, preferably 5 to 50 μM,in particular 30 to 40 μM, or endogenously produced by the host cell.The conversion reaction to form the respective cleavage product, likemanooloxy is conducted from 10 min to 5 h, preferably about 1 to 2 h.The cleavage product may then be determined in conventional matter, forexample after extraction with an organic solvent, like ethyl acetate.

“BVMO activity” is determined under “standard conditions” as describedherein below: It can be determined using recombinant BVMO expressinghost cells, disrupted BVMO expressing cells, fractions of these orenriched or purified BVMO enzyme, in a culture medium or reactionmedium, preferably buffered, having a pH in the range of 6 to 11,preferably 7 to 9, at a temperature in the range of about 20 to 45° C.,like about 25 to 40° C., preferably 25 to 32° C. and in the presence ofa reference substrate, here in particular copalal and/or manooloxy,either added at an initial concentration in the range of 1 to 100 μMmg/ml, preferably 5 to 50 μM, in particular 30 to 40 μM, or endogenouslyproduced by the host cell and in the presence of molecular oxygen. Forin-vitro assays a cofactor selected from NADH and NADPH has to be addedin a suitable easily to be determined concentration range of Theconversion reaction to form the respective cleavage product, like theformyl esters 1a and/or 1b in the case of copalal or gamma-ambrylacetate in the case of manooloxy is conducted from 10 min to 5 h,preferably about 1 to 2 h. The oxidation product may then be determinedin conventional matter, for example after extraction with an organicsolvent, like ethyl acetate.

“Terpenyl diphosphate synthase activity” (like CPS or LPS activity) isdetermined under “standard conditions” as described herein below: Theycan be determined using recombinant terpenyl diphosphate synthaseexpressing host cells, disrupted terpenyl diphosphate synthaseexpressing cells, fractions of these or enriched or purified terpenyldiphosphate synthase enzyme, in a culture medium or reaction medium,preferably buffered, having a pH in the range of 6 to 11, preferably 7to 9, at a temperature in the range of about 20 to 45° C., like about 25to 40° C., preferably 25 to 32° C. and in the presence of a referencesubstrate, here in particular GGPP, either added at an initialconcentration in the range of 1 to 100 μM mg/ml, preferably 5 to 50 μM,in particular 30 to 40 μM, or endogenously produced by the host cell.The conversion reaction to form a terpenyl diphosphate is conducted from10 min to 5 h, preferably about 1 to 2 h. If no endogenous phosphataseis present, one or more exogenous phosphatases, for example an alkalinephosphatase, are added to the reaction mixture to convert the terpenyldiphosphate as formed by the synthase to the respective terpene alcohol.The terpene alcohol may then be determined in conventional matter, forexample after extraction with an organic solvent, like ethyl acetate.

“Terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase activity” (like CPP or LPP phosphataseactivity) is determined under “standard conditions” as described hereinbelow: They can be determined using recombinant terpenyl diphosphatephosphatase expressing host cells, disrupted terpenyl diphosphatephosphatase expressing cells, fractions of these, or enriched orpurified terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase enzyme, in a culture medium orreaction medium, preferably buffered, having a pH in the range of 6 to11, preferably 7 to 9, at a temperature in the range of about 20 to 45°C., like about 25 to 40° C., preferably 25 to 32° C. and in the presenceof a reference substrate, here for example CPP or LPP, either added atan initial concentration in the range of 1 to 100 μM mg/ml, preferably 5to 50 μM, in particular 30 to 40 μM, or endogenously produced by thehost cell. The conversion reaction to form a terpenyl diphosphate isconducted from 10 min to 5 h, preferably about 1 to 2 h. The terpenealcohol may then be determined in conventional matter, for example afterextraction with an organic solvent, like ethyl acetate.

Particular examples of suitable standard conditions for each of theabove-described enzyme activites may be taken from the Experimental Partbelow.

The terms “biological function,” “function”, “biological activity” or“activity” of a terpeyl synthase refer to the ability of a terpenyldiphosphate synthase as described herein to catalyze the formation of atleast one terpenyl diphosphate from the corresponding precursor terpene.

The terms “biological function,” “function”, “biological activity” or“activity” of a terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase refer to the ability ofthe terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase as described herein to catalyze theremoval of a diphosphate group from said terpenyl compound to form thecorresponding terpene alcohol.

The “mevalonate pathway” also known as the “isoprenoid pathway” or“HMG-CoA reductase pathway” is an essential metabolic pathway present ineukaryotes, archaea, and some bacteria. The mevalonate pathway beginswith acetyl-CoA and produces two five-carbon building blocks calledisopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethyl allyl pyrophosphate(DMAPP). Key enzymes are acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase (atoB), HMG-CoAsynthase (mvaS), HMG-CoA reductase (mvaA), mevalonate kinase (MvaK1),phosphomevalonate kinase (MvaK2), a mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase(MvaD), and an isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (idi). Combining themevalonate pathway with enzyme activity to generate the terpeneprecursors GPP, FPP or GGPP, like in particular FPP synthase (ERG20),allows the recombinant cellular production of terpenes.

As used herein, the term “host cell” or “transformed cell” refers to acell (or organism) altered to harbor at least one nucleic acid molecule,for instance, a recombinant gene encoding a desired protein or nucleicacid sequence which upon transcription yields at least one functionalpolypeptide of the present invention, in particular a terpenyldiphosphate synthase protein or terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase enzymeas defined herein above. The host cell is particularly a bacterial cell,a fungal cell or a plant cell or plants. The host cell may contain arecombinant gene or several genes, as for example organized as anoperon, which has been integrated into the nuclear or organelle genomesof the host cell. Alternatively, the host may contain the recombinantgene extra-chromosomally.

The term “organism” refers to any non-human multicellular or unicellularorganism such as a plant, or a microorganism. Particularly, amicro-organism is a bacterium, a yeast, an algae or a fungus.

The term “plant” is used interchangeably to include plant cellsincluding plant protoplasts, plant tissues, plant cell tissue culturesgiving rise to regenerated plants, or parts of plants, or plant organssuch as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, pollen, ovules, embryos, fruitsand the like. Any plant can be used to carry out the methods of anembodiment herein.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producing FPP”when it produces FPP naturally or when it does not produce FPP naturallybut is transformed to produce FPP with a nucleic acid as describedherein., Organisms or cells transformed to produce a higher amount ofFPP than the naturally occurring organism or cell are also encompassedby the “organisms or cells capable of producing FPP”.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producing GGPP”when it produces GGPP naturally or when it does not produce GGPPnaturally but is transformed to produce GGPP with a nucleic acid asdescribed herein. Organisms or cells transformed to produce a higheramount of GGPP than the naturally occurring organism or cell are alsoencompassed by the “organisms or cells capable of producing GGPP”.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producingterpenyl diphosphate” when it produces a terpenyl diphosphate as definedherein naturally or when it does not produce said diphosphate naturallybut is transformed to produce said diphosphate with a nucleic acid asdescribed herein. Organisms or cells transformed to produce a higheramount of terpenyl diphosphate than the naturally occurring organism orcell are also encompassed by the “organisms or cells capable ofproducing a terpenyl diphosphate”.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producingterpene alcohol” when it produces a terpene alcohol as defined hereinnaturally or when it does not produce said alcohol naturally but istransformed to produce said alcohol with a nucleic acid as describedherein. Organisms or cells transformed to produce a higher amount of aterpene alcohol than the naturally occurring organism or cell are alsoencompassed by the “organisms or cells capable of producing a terpenealcohol”. The same applies to a particular organism “capable ofproducing labdane-type alcohol”.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producing anester” when it produces an ester as defined herein naturally or when itdoes not produce said ester naturally but is transformed to produce saidester with a nucleic acid as described herein. Organisms or cellstransformed to produce a higher amount of ester than the naturallyoccurring organism or cell are also encompassed by the “organisms orcells capable of producing an ester”.

A particular organism or cell is meant to be “capable of producing atarget product” when it produces a target product as defined herein (forexample the esters, alcohol, or carbonyl compounds or more particularlythe labdane type compounds) naturally or when it does not produce saidtarget product naturally but is transformed to produce said targetproduct with a nucleic acid as described herein. Organisms or cellstransformed to produce a higher amount of target product than thenaturally occurring organism or cell are also encompassed by the“organisms or cells capable of producing a target product”.

The term “fermentative production” or “fermentation” refers to theability of a microorganism (assisted by enzyme activity contained in orgenerated by said microorganism) to produce a chemical compound in cellculture utilizing at least one carbon source added to the incubation.

The term “fermentation broth” is understood to mean a liquid,particularly aqueous or aqueous/organic solution which is based on afermentative process and has not been worked up or has been worked up,for example, as described herein.

An “enzymatically catalyzed” or “biocatalytic” method means that saidmethod is performed under the catalytic action of an enzyme, includingenzyme mutants, as herein defined. Thus the method can either beperformed in the presence of said enzyme in isolated (purified,enriched) or crude form or in the presence of a cellular system, inparticular, natural or recombinant microbial cells containing saidenzyme in active form, and having the ability to catalyze the conversionreaction as disclosed herein.

c) Chemical Terms:

The term “alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl” compound describes organicmolecules containing an aldehyde or keto group of the general formulaR^(a)R^(b) C═C(R^(c))—C═O, wherein the C═C bond may be of anystereoisomeric configuration and wherein residues R^(a), R^(b) and R^(c)may be identical or different and may have the meanings as specifiedbelow for particular alpha, beta unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

A “labdane” compound in the context of the present invention will showthe following basic structure of its carbon skeleton consisting of 20carbon atoms. The depicted numbering of carbon atoms will be applied inorder to further define certain positions within said carbon skeleton.

The term “labdane” encompasses any compounds of this basicC₂₀-structure, in any stereoisomeric form and encompassing any variantof this structure containing one or more unsaturated C—C bonds, inparticular one or more C═C bonds, at any position, within thecarbocyclic ring and/or the side chains. Also encompassed are variantsthereof containing one or more substituents, as for example substituentsselected from the group of —OH. ═O, —O—CO_R, wherein R may be straightchain or branched alkyl, in particular lower alkyl, more particularlyC₁-C₄ aklyl, like methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, or n-, i- or t-butyl;and —COOH at any of the indicated primary, secondary or tertiary Catoms.

A “labdane derived” compound of such “labdane” encompasses chemicalcompounds wherein the basic C₂₀-carbon skeleton is modified by deletingone or more carbon atoms. As examples there may be mentioned:

norlabdane (C₁₉-sceleton), dinorlabdane (C₁₈-sceleton), trinorlabdane(C₁₇-sceleton), and tetranorlabdane (C₁₆-sceleton). The position of thedeleted carbon atom is indicated by stating the carbon number. Forexample, in a norlabdane, wherein the carbonate in position 15 ismissing is designated “15-norlabdane”.

A “labdane derived” compound of such “labdane” also encompasses chemicalcompounds wherein the basic C₂₀-carbon skeleton is modified by insertinga hereoatom between two C-atoms of the labdane sceleoton. For example,insertion of an ether bridge between positions 14 and 15 converts thelabdane to a norlabdane and particularly to a norlabdane ester.

Non-limiting examples of substituted labdanes or substituted labdanederived structures are given below:

“Diphosphate” and “pyrophosphate” as used herein are synonyms.

“Terpenes” are a large and diverse class of organic compounds, producedby a variety of plants, particularly conifers, and by some insects.Terpenes are hydrocarbons. Although sometimes used interchangeably with“terpenes”, “terpenoids” or “isoprenoids” are modified terpenes as theycontain additional functional groups, usually oxygen-containing.

“Terpenoids” (“isoprenoids”) are a large and diverse class of naturallyoccurring organic chemicals derived from terpenes. Although sometimesused interchangeably with the term “terpenes”, “terpenoids” containadditional functional groups, usually 0-containing groups, like forexample hydroxyl, carbonyl or carboxyl groups. Most are multicyclicstructures with oxygen-containing functional groups. Unless statedotherwise, in the context of the present description the term “terpene”and the term “terpenoid” may be used interchangeably.

Terpenes (and terpenoids) may be classified by the number of isopreneunits in the molecule; a prefix in the name indicates the number ofterpene units needed to assemble the molecule. Hemiterpenes consist of asingle isoprene unit. Monoterpenes consist of two isoprene units andhave the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₆. Sesquiterpenes consist of threeisoprene units and have the molecular formula C₁₅H₂₄. Diterpenes arecomposed of four isoprene units and have the molecular formula C₂₀H₃₂.

“Terpenyl” designates noncyclic and cyclic chemical hydrocarbyl residueswhich are derived from the C₅ building block isoprene and in particularcontain one or more such building blocks.

“Cyclic terpene” or cyclic terpenyl” or “cyclic diterpene” or cyclicditerpenyl” relates to a terpene compound or terpenyl residue whichcomprises in its structure at lest on, as for example 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5carbocyclic condensed and/or non-condensed rings, preferably twocarbocyclic condensed rings.

“Bicyclic terpene” or bicyclic terpenyl” or “bicyclic diterpene” orbicyclic diterpenyl” relates to a terpene compound or terpenyl residuewhich comprises in its structure two carbocyclic rings, preferably twocarbocyclic condensed rings.

“Derivatives of terpenes” or “derivatives of terpenoids” in the contextof the present invention in particular refer to such chemical compoundswhich are obtained from a terpene or terpenoid by chemical and/orenzymatic modification. More particularly, such derivatives encompass“hydrocarbon chain-degraded” derivatives.

A “hydrocarbon chain-degraded” terpene or terpenoid differs from thenon-degraded precursor by a reduced number of carbon items of theprecursor's carbon skeleton.

A “hydrocarbyl” residue is a chemical group which essentially iscomposed of carbon and hydrogen atoms and may be a non-cyclic, linear orbranched, saturated or unsaturated moiety, or a cyclic saturated orunsaturated moiety, aromatic or non-aromatic moiety. A hydrocarbylresidue comprises 1 to 30, 1 to 25, 1 to 20, 1 to 15 or 1 to 10 or 1 to5 carbon atoms in the case of a non-cyclic structure. It comprises 4 to30, 4 to 25, 4 to 20, 4 to 15, 4 to 10 or in particular 4, 5, 6 or 7carbon atoms in the case of a cyclic structure.

Said hydrocarbyl residues may be non-substituted or may carry at leastone, like 1 to 5, preferably 0, 1 or 2 substituents.

Particular examples of such hydrocarbyl residues are noncyclic linear orbranched alkyl or alkenyl residues as defined below; or mono- orpolycyclic, in particular mono- or bicyclic, saturated or unsaturated,nonaromatic moieties, as for example found in cyclic (for examplebicyclic) or noncyclic terpene type compound, and labdane type compoundsas defined herein.

An “alkyl” residue represents linear or branched, saturated hydrocarbonresidues. It comprises 1 to 30, 1 to 25, 1 to 20, 1 to 15 or 1 to 10 or1 to 7, 1 to 6, 1 to 5, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

An “alkenyl” residue represents linear or branched, mono- orpolyunsaturated hydrocarbon residues. It comprises 2 to 30, 2 to 25, 2to 20, 2 to 15 or 2 to 10 or 2 to 7, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, or 2 to 4 carbonatoms. I may have up to 10, like 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 C═C double bonds.

The term “lower alkyl” or “short chain alkyl” represents saturated,straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 4, 1 to 5, 1to 6, or 1 to 7, in particular 1 to 4 carbon atoms. As examples theremay be mentioned: methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl, n-butyl,1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, n-pentyl,1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl,1-ethylpropyl, n-hexyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl,1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4-methylpentyl,1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylbutyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl,2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl,2-ethylbutyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl,1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl and 1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl; and also n-heptyl,and the singly or multiply branched analogs thereof.

“Long-chain alkyl” represents, for example, saturated straight-chain orbranched hydrocarbyl radicals having 8 to 30, for example 8 to 20 or 8to 15, carbon atoms, such as octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl,tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl,nonadecyl, eicosyl, hencosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl,hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, squalyl, constitutionalisomers, especially singly or multiply branched isomers thereof.

“Long-chain alkenyl” represents the mono- or polyunsaturated analoguesof the above mentioned “long-chain alkyl” groups,

“Short chain alkenyl” (or “lower alkenyl”) represents mono- orpolyunsaturated, especially monounsaturated, straight-chain or branchedhydrocarbon radicals having 2 to 4, 2 to 6, or 2 to 7 carbon atoms andone double bond in any position, e.g. C₂-C₆-alkenyl such as ethenyl,1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, 1-methylethenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl,3-butenyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl,1-methyl-2-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl,3-pentenyl, 4-pentenyl, 1-methyl-1-butenyl, 2-methyl-1-butenyl,3-methyl-1-butenyl, 1-methyl-2-butenyl, 2-methyl-2-butenyl,3-methyl-2-butenyl, 1-methyl-3-butenyl, 2-methyl-3-butenyl,3-methyl-3-butenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-1-propenyl,1,2-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-propenyl, 1-ethyl-2-propenyl,1-hexenyl, 2-hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 4-hexenyl, 5-hexenyl,1-methyl-1-pentenyl, 2-methyl-1-pentenyl, 3-methyl-1-pentenyl,4-methyl-1-pentenyl, 1-methyl-2-pentenyl, 2-methyl-2-pentenyl,3-methyl-2-pentenyl, 4-methyl-2-pentenyl, 1-methyl-3-pentenyl,2-methyl-3-pentenyl, 3-methyl-3-pentenyl, 4-methyl-3-pentenyl,1-methyl-4-pentenyl, 2-methyl-4-pentenyl, 3-methyl-4-pentenyl,4-methyl-4-pentenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-3-butenyl,1,2-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl,1,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-3-butenyl,2,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl,2,3-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl,1-ethyl-1-butenyl, 1-ethyl-2-butenyl, 1-ethyl-3-butenyl,2-ethyl-1-butenyl, 2-ethyl-2-butenyl, 2-ethyl-3-butenyl,1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-propenyl,1-ethyl-2-methyl-1-propenyl and 1-ethyl-2-methyl-2-propenyl.

“Alkylene” represents straight-chain or singly or multiply branchedhydrocarbon bridging groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, for exampleC₁-C₇-alkylene groups selected from —CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—, —(CH₂)₃—, —(CH₂)₄—,—(CH₂)₂—CH(CH₃)—, —CH₂—CH(CH₃)—CH₂—, (CH₂)₄—, —(CH₂)₅—, —(CH₂)₆,—(CH₂)₇—, —CH(CH₃)—CH₂—CH₂—CH(CH₃)— or —CH(CH₃)—CH₂—CH₂—CH₂—CH(CH₃)—,and in particular C₁-C₄-alkylene groups selected from —CH₂—, —(CH₂)₂—,—(CH₂)₃—, —(CH₂)₄—, —(CH₂)₂—CH(CH₃)—, —CH₂—CH(CH₃)—CH₂—.

An “alkylidene” group represents a straight chain or branchedhydrocarbon substituent linked via a double bond to the body of themolecule. It comprises 1 to 6 carbon atoms. As examples of such“C₁-C₆-alkylidenes” there may be mentioned methylidene (═CH₂)ethylidene, (═CH—CH₂), n-propylidene, n-butylidene, n-pentlyiden,n-hexylidene and the constitutional isomers thereof, as for exampleiso-propylidene.

An “alkenylidene” represents the mono-unsaturated analogue of the abovementioned alkylidenes with more than 2 carbon atoms and may be called“C₃-C₆-alkenylidenes”. n-propenylidene, n-butenylidene, n-pentenlyiden,and n-hexenylidene may be mentioned as examples.

The “substituent” of the above mentioned residues contains one heteroatom, like O or N. Preferably the substituents are independentlyselected from —OH, C═O, or —COOH. Most preferably said substituent is—OH.

A “mono- or polycyclic hydrocarbyl residue” comprise 1, 2 or 3 condensed(anellated) or non-condensed, optionally substituted, saturated orunsaturated hydrocarbon ring groups (or “carbocyclic” groups). Eachcycle may comprise independently of each other 3 to 8, in particular 5to 7, more particularly 6 ring carbon atoms. As examples of monocyclicresidues there may be mentioned “cycloalkyl” groups which arecarbocyclic radicals having 3 to 7 ring carbon atoms, such ascyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, andcyclooctyl; and the corresponding “cycloalkenyl” groups. Cycloalkenyl”(or “mono- or polyunsaturated cycloalkyl”) represents, in particular,monocyclic, mono- or polyunsaturated carbocyclic groups having 5 to 8,preferably up to 6, carbon ring members, for example monounsaturatedcyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cycloheptenyl and cyclooctenyl radicals.

As examples of polycyclic residues there may be mentioned groups wherein1, 2 or 3 of such cycloalkyl and/or cycloalkenyl are linked together, asfor example anellated, in order to form a polycyclic cycloalkyl orcycloalkenyl ring. As non-limiting example the bicyclic decalinylresidue composed of two anellated 6-membered carbon rings may bementioned.

The number of substituents in such mono- or polycyclic hydrocarbylresidues may vary from 1 to 10, in particular 1 to 5 substituents.Suitable substituents of such cyclic residues are selected from loweralkyl, lower alkenyl, alkylidene, alkenylidene, or residues containingone hetero atom, like O or N as for example —OH or —COOH. In particularthe substituents are independently selected from —OH, — COOH, methyl andmethylidene.

Unsaturated cyclic groups may contain 1 or more, as for example 1, 2 or3 C═C bonds and are aromatic, or in particular nonaromatic.

The above-mentioned mono- or polycyclic saturated or unsaturated groupsmay also contain at least one, like 1, 2, 3 or 4 ring heteroatoms, suchas 0, N or S.

Overview of Particular Compound Names and their Structural Formulae

Structure IUPAC name other names

[oxido(3,7,11,15- tetramethylhexadeca- 2,6,10,14- tetraenoxy)phosphoryl]phosphate cis/trans- geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, cis/trans-GPP

[oxido-[(2E,6E,10E)- 3,7,11,15- tetramethylhexadeca- 2,6,10,14-tetraenoxy]phosphoryl] phosphate (E,E,E)- geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate,(E,E,E)-GPP

IUPAC No. in Labdane Structure name examples nomenclature Short names

[[5-(5,5,8a- trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]-3-methyl-pent-2-enoxy]- oxido-phosphoryl] phosphate labda-8(20), 13- dien-15-yldiphosphate

[[5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl- pent-2-enoxy]- oxido-phosphoryl] phosphate (5S,9S,10S)-labda-8(20), 13- dien-15-yl diphosphate cis/trans-copalyl diphosphate,cis/trans-CPP

[[(E)-5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl- pent-2-enoxy]- oxido-phosphoryl] phosphate (5S,9S,10S)--(13E)-labda- 8(20), 13-dien-15- yl diphosphate trans-copalyldiphosphate, Trans-CPP, CPP

5-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene-decalin-(1-yl)- 3-methyl-pent-2-en-1-ollabda-8(20), 13-dien-15-ol

5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a- trimethyl-2-methylene- decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl-pent-2-en-1-ol (5S,9S,10S)- labda-8(20), 13-dien-15-ol cis/trans-copalol

(E)-5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a- trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl- pent-2-en-1-ol (5S,9S,10S)- (13E)-labda-8(20),13-dien-15-ol (+)-trans copalol

1-(5-hydroxy-3- methyl-pent-3- enyl]-2,5,5,8a- tetramethyl- decalin-2-ollabd-13-en- 8,15-diol

(1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1- (5-hydroxy-3- methyl-pent-3- enyl)-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl- decalin-2-ol (5S,8R,9R,10S)- labd-13-en-8,15- diolcis/trans- labdendiol

(1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1- [(E)-5-hydroxy-3- methyl-pent-3- enyl)-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl- decalin-2-ol (5S,8R,9R,10S)- (13E)-5-labd-13 en-8,15-dioltrans- labdendiol

5-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)-3- methyl-pent-2-enallabda-8(20), 13-dien-15-al

5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]-3-methyl-pent-2-enal (5S,9S,10S)- labda-8(20), 13- dien-15-al cis/trans- copalol

(E)-5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl- pent-2-enal (5S,9S,10S)- (13E)-labda- 8(20), 13-dien-15-al trans-copalol

(Z)-5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-3-methyl- pent-2-enal (5S,9S,10S)- (13Z)-labda- 8(20), 13-dien-15-al cis-copalal

[4-(5,5,8a- trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl)-2-methyl-but- 1-enyl]formate (5S,9S,10S)-15- norlabda- 8(20),13-dien-14- yl formate

[4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but- 1-enyl]formate 1a, 1b (5S,9S,10S)-15- norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14- yl formate

[(Z)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but- 1-enyl] formate 1a (5S,9S,10S)- (13Z)-15- norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14- yl formate

[(E)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but- 1-enyl] formate 1b (5S,9S,10S)- (13E)-15- norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14- yl formate

4-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)-2- methyl-but-1-en-1- olformate (not stable) 15-norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14-ol

4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but- 1-en-1-ol (not stable) 2a, 2b (5S,9S,10S)-15-norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14-ol

(E)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but- 1-en-1-ol (not stable) 2a (5S,9S,10S)- (13E)-15-norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14-ol

(Z)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 45,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but-1-en-1-ol (not stable) 2b (5S,9S,10S)- (13Z)-15-norlabda-8(20), 13-dien-14-ol

4-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)-2- methyl-butanal15-norlabd-8(20)- en-14-al

4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]-2-methyl-butanal 3a, 3b (5S,9S,10S)- norlabd-8(20)-en- 14-al

(2R)-4- [(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-butanal 3a (5S,9S,10S,13R)- 15-norlabd- 8(20)-en-14-al

(2S)-4- [(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene- decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-butanal 3b (5S,9S,10S,13S)- 15-norlabd- 8(20)-en-14-al

[3-(5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]-1-methyl- propyl]formate 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-yl formate

[3-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]-1-methyl-propyl] formate 4a, 4b (5S,9S,10S)- 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-ylformate

[(1R)- 3-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-1-methyl- propyl]formate 4a (5S,9S,10S,13R)- 14,15-dinorlabd-8(20)-en-13-yl formate

[(1S)- 3-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]-1-methyl- propyl] formate 4b (5S,9S,10S,13R)- 14,15-dinorlabd-8(20)-en-13-yl formate

4-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)butan- 2-ol14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-ol

4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl] butan-2-ol5a, 5b (5S,9S,10S)- 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-ol

(2R)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]butan-2-ol 5a (5S,9S,10S,13R)- 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-ol

(2S)- 4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin-1-yl]butan-2-ol 5b (5S,9S,10S,13S)- 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-ol

4-5(,5,8a-trimethyl-2- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)butan- 2-one14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-one

4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- l-yl]butan-2-one(5S,9S,10S)- 14,15-dinorlabd- 8(20)-en-13-one (+) manooloxy

2-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene- decalin-1-yl)ethyl acetate13,14,15,16- tetranor-labda- 8(20)-en-12-yl acetate 13,14,15,16-tetranorlabdenyl acetate

2-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]ethylacetate (5S,9R,10S)- 13,14,15,16- tetranor-labde- 8(20)-en-12-yl acetate(+)-γ-ambryl acetate

2-(5,5,8a-trimethyl- 2-methylene-decalin-1- yl)ethanol 13,14,15,16-tetranorlabda- 8(20)-en-12-ol 13,14,15,16- tetranorlabden- ol

2-[(1S,4aS,8aS)- 5,5,8a-trimethyl-2- methylene-decalin- 1-yl]ethanol(5S,9S,10S)- 13,14,15,16- tetranorlabda- 8(20)-en-12-ol (+)-γ-ambrol

3,8,8,11a- tetramethyldodecahy- dro-3,5a-epoxynaphtho [2,1-c]oxepin8,13:13,20- diepoxy-15,16- dinorlabdane diepoxy- dinorlabdane

(3S,5aR,7aS,11aS, 11bR)-3,8,8,11a- tetramethyldodecahydro-3,5a-epoxynaphtho [2,1- c]oxepin (5S,8R,9R,10S, 13S)-8, 13:13,20-diepoxy-15,16- dinorlabdane Z-11

3a,6,6,9a- tetramethyl- 2,4,5,5a,7,8,9,9b- octahydro-1H-benzo[e]benzofuran 8,12-epoxy- 13,14,15,16- tetranorlabdane epoxy-tetranorlabdane

(3aR,5aS,9aS,9bR)- 3a,6,6,9a- tetramethyl- 2,4,5,5a,7,8,9,9b-octahydro-1H- benzo[e]benzofuran (5S,8R,9R,10S)- 8,12-epoxy-13,14,15,16- tetranorlabdane Ambrox

3,4a,7,7,10a- pentamethyl- 1,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b- octahydrobenzo[f]chromene 8,13-epoxy- 13,14,15,16- dinorlabd-12-ene

(4aR,6aS,10aS,10b R)-3,4a,7,7,10a- pentamethyl- l,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b-octahydrobenzo[f] chromene (5S,8R,9R,10S)- 8,13-epoxy- 13,14,15,16-dinorlabd-12-ene sclareol oxide

DETAILED DESCRIPTION a. Particular Embodiments of the Invention

-   i) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments of biocatalytic methods involving the use of polypetides    with BMVO activity:-   1. A biocatalytic method for preparing an ester compound,    comprising:    -   (1) contacting a carbonyl precursor compound of general formula        I

-   -   -   wherein            -   “a” denotes a single or double bond,            -   “x” is integer 1 if “a” denotes a double bond, or “x” is                integer 2 if “a” denotes a single bond,            -   R¹ represent independently of each other H or lower                alkyl, like C₁-C₄-alkyl, in particular H or methyl,            -   R² represents H, a linear or branched, saturated or                unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl residue,                in particular having 2 to 20, more particularly 5 to 15                carbon atoms, or a group Cyc-A-,                -   wherein                -   Cyc represents an optionally substituted, saturated                    or unsaturated, mono- or polycyclic hydrocarbyl                    residue, and                -   A represents a chemical bond or an optionally                    substituted, straight chain or branched alkylene                    bridge, in particular methylene,            -   R³ represent independently of each other H or a C₁-C₃₀,                C₁-C₂₀ or in particular C₁-C₁₅ hydrocarbyl group, or a                lower alkyl group, like C₁-C₄-alkyl, in particular H or                methyl, and more particularly are each H, and            -   when “a” denotes a single bond, then Z represents a                hydrocarbyl residue containing a carbonyl group, in                particular aldehyde or keto group, or,            -   when “a” denotes a double bond, then Z forms, together                with the carbon atom which it is attached to, either a                carbonyl group (C═O, in particular aldehyde or keto                group, or an alkylidene residue, in particular a                C₁-C₆-alkylidene, residue carrying a terminal carbonyl                group, in particular aldehyde or keto group, and when                “a” denotes a double bond, and Z forms, together with                the carbon atom which it is attached to, either a                carbonyl group (C═O), then R² and R¹, together with the                carbon atoms which they are attached to, may also form a                cyclic, in particular monocyclic, saturated or                unsaturated, optionally substituted carbocyclic ring                group, in particular 5-7-membered ring;            -   wherein said carbonyl compound of general formula I is                provided in stereoisomerically pure form, or as a                mixture of stereoisomers;        -   with a natural or recombinant polypeptide having            Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) (EC 1.13.14.-) activity            so as to form the respective carbonyl ester product, in            particular by introducing a oxygen atom between the carbonyl            group and the alpha-carbon atom of the precursor,

    -   (2) and optionally isolating the carbonyl ester formed in step        (1), wherein said carbonyl ester compound is obtained in        stereoisomerically pure form, or as a mixture of stereoisomers.

-   2. The biocatalytic method of embodiment 1, wherein in the carbonyl    compound of general formula I    -   “a” represents a chemical double bond and Z represents ═O (cf.        Manooloxy) or ═C(R⁴)—C(R⁵)═O (cf Copalal); or    -   “a” represents a chemical single bond and Z represents —C(R⁵)═O        (cf Norlabdane compound 3a,3b);        -   wherein        -   R⁴ and R⁵ independently of each other represent H or lower            alkyl, like C₁-C₄-alkyl, in particular H or methyl.

-   3. The biocatalytic method of anyone of the preceding embodiments,    wherein the carbonyl compound of general formula I possesses a    labdane-type structure, in particular a labdane, norlabdane or    di-norlabdane structure.

-   4. The biocatalytic method of anyone of the preceding embodiments    wherein the carbonyl ester formed is of the formula II

-   -   wherein    -   R² and R³ are as defined above, and    -   E represents a hydrocarbyl residue containing said carbonyl        ester group, or wherein E and R² together with the carbon atom        which they are attached to form a cyclic ester group.

-   5. The biocatalytic method of embodiment 4, wherein the carbonyl    ester group E is selected from    -   —O—C(O)—R′,    -   —C(R¹)₂—O—C(O)R⁵,    -   —C(R′)═C(R⁴)—O—C(R⁵)═O; and    -   a cyclic ester group formed by E and R² together with the carbon        atom which they are attached to, wherein the cyclic ester ring        represents a 5- to 7-membered, in particular 6-membered ring, as        for example in esters of the formulae IIa and IIb

-   -   wherein R¹, R³, R⁴ and R⁵ are as defined above.

-   6. The biocatalytic method of anyone of the preceding embodiments,    wherein R² represents a group Cyc-A-, wherein A represents a    straight chain or branched C₁-C₄-alkylene bridge, in particular    methylene, and Cyc represents a mono- or polycyclic, in particular    bicyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl residue, in    particular a bicyclic anellated hydrocarbyl residue comprising 5-7,    in particular 6, ring atoms per cycle; wherein Cyc is optionally    substituted with 1-10, in particular 1-5 substituents, wherein said    substituents in particular may be independently selected from    C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkylidene, C₃-C₆-alkenylidene, C₂-C₄-alkenyl,    oxo (═O), hydroxy, or amino; and in particular C₁-C₄-alkyl, like    methyl, and C₁-C₄-alkylidene, like methylidene.

-   7 The method of anyone of the preceding embodiments, wherein the Cyc    residue of R² forms an optionally substituted decalinyl residue,    like in particular bicyclic residue obtainable through terpene    cyclization.

-   8. The method of embodiment 7, wherein Cyc-A represents a bicyclic    residue having 15 carbon atoms of formula IIIa, IIIb or IIIc

-   9. The method of anyone of the preceding embodiments, wherein the    polypeptide having BVMO activity is selected from:    -   (1) the group of polypeptides conaining a flavin-containing        monooxygenase (FMO) protein family domain having the Pfam ID        number PF00743 within their amino acid sequence; or a domain        retaining at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence        identity to PF00743;    -   In particular, a polypeptide of the invention having BVMO        activity is identified as member of the FMO protein family        comprising said domain PF00743 if it matches with said domain        with an e-value of less than 1×10⁻⁵ or less than 1×10⁻¹⁰, or        less than or equal to 1×10⁻¹⁵, or less than or equal to 1×10⁻¹⁸,        in particular in a range of 1×10⁻¹⁰ to 1×10⁻¹⁸ and more        particular in a range of 1×10⁻¹⁴ to 1×10⁻¹⁷. As the query        sequence the sequence of a polypeptide having BVMO activity is        applied.    -   For example, the following website may be applied for the search        and calculating such e-value: http://pfam.xfam.org/,        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/hmmer/search/hmmscan or        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/pfa/pfamscan/.    -   and/or    -   (2) selected from the group of polypeptides that comprise at        least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or all of the sequence motif/domain        selected from    -   GAGxSGL set forth in SEQ ID NO:197    -   EKNxxxxGTWxENRYPGCACDVPxHxYXXSFE set forth in SEQ ID NO: 198    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10, 11-20 or 21-32 of        SEQ ID NO:198;    -   LxNAxGILNxWxxPxIPG set forth in SEQ ID NO:199    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10 or 11-18 of SEQ ID        NO:199;    -   LxxKxVxxIGxGSSGIQIxPxI set forth in SEQ ID NO:200    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10 or 11-18 of SEQ ID        NO:200;    -   GCRRxTPGxxYLExL set forth in SEQ ID NO:201    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10, 11-15 of SEQ ID        NO:201;    -   CATGFDxxxxPRFxxxG set forth in SEQ ID NO:202    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10 or 11-17 of SEQ ID        NO:202    -   PNxFxxxGPNxPxxNGxV set forth in SEQ ID NO:203    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10 or 11-18 of SEQ ID        NO:203;    -   AxWPGSxLHYxEAxxxPRxED set forth in SEQ ID NO:204    -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 15, up to 10 or up        to 5 consecutive amino acid residues, as for example        corresponding to residues in positions 1-10 or 11-21 of SEQ ID        NO:204;    -   wherein    -   in the above motifs residues x represent independently of each        other any natural amino acid residue, and wherein optionally in        each of the above motifs 1 to 5, like 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the        conserved amino acid residues (i.e. different from the x        residues) may be modified, for example by amino acid        substitution, in particular by conservative substitutions,        provided that the enzymes retains, at least to analytically        detectable extent, BVMO enzyme activity.        -   and/or    -   (3) the group of polypeptides consisting of        -   (a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of            SCH23-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:2;        -   (b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of            SCH24-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:6;        -   (c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of            SCH25-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:10;        -   (d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of            SCH46-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:13;        -   (e) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of            AspWeBVMO set forth in SEQ ID NO:16 (preferential substrate            Manooloxa and its isomers)        -   (f) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has            at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%            identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to e).    -   In the above referenced five particular BVMO polypeptides the        protein family domain having the Pfam ID number PF00743 may be        located at amino acid residue positions given in the following        table (see also alignment depicted in FIG. 32 and the framed        sequence sections therein)

Protein E- Accession sequence From To Value Id Protein domainSCH23-BVMO1 23 388 2.9e−16 Pf00743 Flavin-binding monooxygenase-likeSCH24-BVMO2 67 283 6.8e−15 Pf00743 Flavin-binding monooxygenase-likeSCH25-BVMO1 23 246 1.2e−15 Pf00743 Flavin-binding monooxygenase-likeSCH46-BVMO1 23 388 1.8e−16 Pf00743 Flavin-binding monooxygenase-likeAspWe BVMO 20 249 1.7e−16 Pf00743 Flavin-binding monooxygenase-likeThe numbering of amino acid residues refers to the residue number in therespective SEQ ID NO of the respective protein sequence in the attachedsequence listing

-   -   Another particular embodiment refers to polypeptide variants of        the novel polypeptides of the invention having a BVMO activity        as identified above by anyone of the particular amino acid        sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2, 6, 10, and 13, and wherein the        polypeptide variants are selected from an amino acid sequence        having at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or        99% sequence identity to anyone of SEQ ID NO: 2, 6, 10, 13 and        16, and contain at least one substitution modification relative        to anyone of the non-modified SEQ ID NO: 2, 6, 10, 13 and 16.

-   10. The method of anyone of the preceding embodiments performed in    vitro or in vitro.

-   11. The method of embodiment 10 performed in vivo, that comprises,    prior to step (1), the recombinant expression, in particular in a    non-human host cell, of one or more polypeptides having the enzyme    activity required for performing the BVMO catalyzed enzymatic step.

-   12. The method of embodiment 11, wherein the non-human host cell is    transformed with a nucleic acid which is encoding at least one    polypeptide having BVMO activity

-   13. The method of embodiment 11 or 12, wherein said non-human host    cell is a eukaryotic or a prokaryotic cell, in particular a plant    cell, a bacterial or a fungal cell, in particular a yeast cell.

-   14. The method of any one of embodiments 11 to 13, wherein the    non-human host cell is a unicellular organism, a cultured cell    derived from a multi-cellular organism, a cell present in a cultured    tissue derived from a multicellular organism, or a cell present in a    living multicellular organism.

-   15. The method of one of the embodiments 10 to 13, wherein the    non-human host cell is a bacterium of the genus Escherichia, in    particular E. coli and said yeast is of the genus Saccharomyces, or    Pichia, in particular S. cerevisiae, or a plant cell.

-   16. The method of one of the preceding embodiments, wherein the    carbonyl compound of general formula I is a labdane-type compound,    selected from    -   a) a labdane aldehyde, in particular copalal (or any        stereoisomerically different form thereof, for example        comprising cis- or trans-form or a mixture of cis- and        trans-forms) which is converted by said BVMO to the respective        norlabdane formate, in particular        (5S,9S,10S)-15-norlabda-8(20),13-dien-14-yl-formate or any        stereoisomerically different form thereof;    -   b) a dinorlabdane ketone, in particular manooloxy or any        stereoisomerically different form thereof, which is converted by        said BVMO to gamma-ambryl acetate or any stereoisomerically        different form thereof; or    -   c) a norlabdane aldehyde, in particular the Ci-degraded analog        of copalal or any stereoisomerically different form thereof, in        particular of the formula

-   -   -   or any stereoisomerically different form thereof        -   which is converted by said BVMO to the respective            dinorlabdane formate ester in particular of the formula

-   -   -   or any stereoisomerically different form thereof,

    -   and wherein optionally the obtained product is isolated in        stereoisomerically essentially pure form or as a mixture of        stereoisomers.

    -   Further particular inventive examples of BVMO-catalyzed        conversions of carbonyl compounds to the respective ester are        summarized in the following schematic overview:

-   -   wherein parameter “n” is an integer from 1 to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to        10 or 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.

-   17. The method of embodiment 16a, which comprises prior to step (1)    the biocatalytic oxidation of a labdane alcohol to a labdane    aldehyde, in particular of copalol to copalal,    -   which labdane alcohol is optionally formed by the biocatalytic        conversion of at least one terpenly diphosphate precursor,        selected from IPP, DMAPP, FPP and GGPP, in particular in a        single step or a combination of at least two steps, known in the        prior art.    -   Said labdane alcohol may for example be biocatalytically        produced:    -   a) from geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) in one step in a        cyclisation reaction/dephosphorylation reaction    -   b) from GGPP in two steps by a cyclisation forming labdane        diphosphate, as for example copalyl diphosphate (CPP) which is        then dephosphorylated to the labdane alcohol;    -   c) from IPP and DMAPP which is directly converted through the        action of a bifunctional GGPP synthase/CPP synthase to the        labdane diphosphate, as for example CPP which is then        dephosphorylated;    -   GGPP as used in these steps may also be provided by different        biocatalytic steps:    -   d) GGPP synthases are available which produce GGPP directly from        IPP and DMAPP; or    -   e) GGPP may be provided from IPP and DMAPP via FPP through the        action of a FPP synthase, and the subsequent conversion of FPP        to GGPP through the action of a GGPP synthase.

-   18. The method of embodiment 17, wherein    -   said biocatalytic oxidation of a labdane alcohol, in particular        of copalol to copalal, is catalyzed by an exogenous or        endogenous polypeptide having alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) (EC        1.1.1.-) activity; and/or    -   said biocatalytic formation of the labdane alcohol comprises at        least one step selected from    -   i) a biocatalytic dephosphorylation of a labdane diphosphate to        a labdane alcohol, in particular of copalyl diphosphate (CPP) to        copalol, which is catalyzed by a polypeptide having terpenyl        diphosphate (TPP) phosphatase activity, and/or    -   ii) a biocatalytic cyclisation of a terpenly diphosphate        precursor, as for example of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP)        to CPP, which is catalyzed by a polypeptide having CPP synthase        activity, like SmCPS2 (SEQ ID NO:185); or as for example of IPP        and DMAPP to CPP, which is catalyzed by a bifunctional        polypeptide having prenyl-transferase and copalyl-diphosphate        synthase activity, like PvCPS, and/or    -   iii) a biocatalytic formation of GGPP from FPP or a biocatalytic        formation from IPP and DMAPP, each of which being catalyzed by a        polypeptide having GGPP synthase activity.

-   19. The method of embodiment 18, wherein    -   said biocatalytic oxidation, in particular of copalol to        copalal, is catalyzed by a polypeptide having alcohol        dehydrogenase (ADH) activity selected from    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH23-ADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:134    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH24-ADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:140    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH94-3945_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:161    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH80-0540_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:164    -   e) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        AzTolADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:167    -   f) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of CdGeoA_wt        set forth in SEQ ID NO:179    -   g) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%        identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to 0 and        having ADH activity.    -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic dephosphorylation, in particular of copalyl        diphosphate (CPP) to copalol, is catalyzed by a polypeptide        having terpenyl diphosphate (TPP) phosphatase activity selected        from    -   a) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of AspWE TPP        as set forth in SEQ ID NO:170 or a polypeptide comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%,        95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   b) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of TalCeTPP as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:176 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto; and    -   c) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of TalVeTPP as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:194 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   Further suitable phosphatases are also disclosed in earlier the        applicant's EP application number 18182783.3, incorporated by        reference.    -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic cyclisation, in particular of geranylgeranyl        diphosphate (GGPP) to CPP, is catalyzed by a polypeptide        selected from        -   polypeptides having copalyl-diphosphate synthase activity            comprising the amino acid sequence of SmCPS2 as set forth in            SEQ ID NO:185 or a polypeptide comprising an amino acid            sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,            96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% 70% identity thereto;    -   said biocatalytic cyclisation, in particular of IPP and DNMAPP        to CPP, is catalyzed by a polypeptide selected from        -   polypeptides having prenyl-transferase and            copalyl-diphosphate synthase activities comprising the amino            acid sequence of PvCPS as set forth in SEQ ID NO:173 or a            polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at            least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%            identity thereto;        -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic formation of GGPP is catalyzed by a        polypeptide having GGPP synthase activity and is selected from    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of carG as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:182 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of CrtE as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:191 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of PvCPS as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:173 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

-   20. The method of anyone of the preceding embodiments further    comprising as step (3) the processing of the carbonyl ester formed    in step (1) or isolated in step (2) to obtain a derivative thereof    using chemical or biocatalytic synthesis or a combination of both,    wherein said derivative may in particular be selected from a    hydrocarbon, alcohol, diol, triol, acetal, ketal, aldehyde, acid,    ether, amide, ketone, lactone, epoxide, acetate, glycoside and/or an    ester, and optionally isolating the derivative of step (3).

-   21. The method of embodiment 20, wherein step (3) comprises the    hydrolysis of the carbonyl ester compound with an esterase activity    EC 3.1.1 (Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases) to the corresponding    de-esterified product (which may be an alcohol or an isomerization    product thereof), and optionally isolating the derivative of step    (3).

-   22. The method of embodiment 21, wherein the de-esterified product    of step (3) is subjected in a further step (4) to an enzymatic redox    reaction, wherein in particular the redox reaction comprises the    oxidation of an alcohol group as formed in step (3) to the    corresponding keto-group through the enzymatic action of an    exogenous or endogenous alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) (EC 1.1.1.-).

-   23. The method of embodiment 21, wherein the esterase is selected    from the group consisting of    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH23-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:20;    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH24-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:24;    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH25-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:28;    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH46-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:31; or    -   e) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%        identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to d) and        having esterase activity.

-   24. The method of embodiment 23, wherein    -   a) a norlabdane ester, in particular a norlabdane-formate is        de-esterified by said esterase to a norlabdane carbonyl        compound, in particular a carbonyl compound if the formula

-   -   or the respective enol therof which is the converted via        isomerisation to said carbonyl compound;    -   or    -   b) a tetranorlabdane ester, in particular gamma-ambryl acetate        is de-esterified by said esterase to a tetranorlabdane, in        particular gamma ambrol; or    -   c) a dinorlabdane formate ester, in particular the formate ester        of the formula

-   -   -   or any stereoisomerically different form thereof        -   is de-esterified by said esterase to the corresponding            dinorlabdane alcohol, in particular to the alcohol-compound            of the formula

-   -   -   or any stereoisomerically different form thereof

    -   and wherein optionally the obtained product is isolated in        stereoisomerically essentially pure form or as a mixture of        stereoisomers.

-   25. The method of embodiment 22, wherein the ADH is selected from    the group consisting of    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SCH23-ADH2        wt set forth in SEQ ID NO: 137    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SCH24-ADH2        wt set forth in SEQ ID NO: 143    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of RrhSecADH        wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:146    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH80-06135 wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:155    -   e) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%        identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to d) and        having ADH activity.

-   26. The method of embodiment 24, wherein the obtained dinorlabdane    alcohol, in particular the alcohol of the formula

-   -   or any stereoisomerically different form thereof    -   is oxidized by said ADH to the corresponding dinorlabdane        carbonyl compound, in particular to manoooloxy,    -   and wherein optionally the obtained product is isolated in        stereoisomerically essentially pure form or as a mixture of        stereoisomers.

-   ii) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments of biocatalytic methods involving the use of polypetides    with enal-cleaving activity:

-   27. A biocatalytic method of preparing a compound of the general    formula IV

-   -   wherein    -   R¹ represents H or lower alkyl, in particular methyl,    -   R² represents H, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated,        optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, in particular alkyl or        alkenyl group, in particular having up to 30, up to 20, up to 15        or up to 10 carbon atoms, or a residue Cyc-A-        -   wherein        -   Cyc represents an optionally substituted, saturated or            unsaturated, in particular nonaromatic, mono- or polycyclic,            in particular mono- or bicyclic, hydrocarbyl residue, in            particular having 5 to 7 ring carbon atoms, and        -   A represents a chemical bond or an optionally substituted,            straight chain or branched alkylene bridge, in particular            methylene,        -   and    -   R³ represent independently of each other H or lower alkyl, like        C₁-C₄-alkyl, in particular H or methyl, and more particularly        are each H,    -   comprising the steps of        -   (1) contacting the corresponding non-degraded precursor of            the general formula V

-   -   -   wherein        -   R¹, R² and R³ are as defined above; and        -   R⁴ represents H or lower alkyl, in particular H or methyl,        -   R⁵ represents H or lower alkyl, in particular H,        -   and wherein said compound may be present in            stereoisomerically essentially pure form (as for example in            E- or Z-Form) or as a mixture of stereoisomers, with a            natural or recombinant polypeptide having enal-cleaving            activity, in particular a polypeptide having an            α,β-unsaturated aldehyde C═C bond-cleaving, and

    -   (2) optionally isolating the degraded product of formula IV as        obtained instep (1), wherein said compound of general formula IV        may be obtained in stereoisomerically pure form, or as a mixture        of stereoisomers

-   28. The method of embodiment 27, wherein    -   said polypeptide having said enal-cleaving activity is selected        from the group of polypeptides containing    -   a) at least one DUF4334 protein family domain having the Pfam ID        number PF14232 (in particular within the C-terminal region of        their amino acid sequence); and/or    -   b) at least one GXWXG protein family domain having the Pfam ID        number PF14231 (in particular within the N-terminal region of        their amino acid sequence); or    -   c) a domain retaining at least 90% sequence identity to PF14232        or PF14231;    -   In particular, a polypeptide of the invention having        enal-cleaving activity is identified as a member of the DUF4334        protein family comprising said domain PF14232 if it matches with        said domain with an e-value of less than 1×10⁻⁵, or less than        1×10⁻¹°, or less than 1×10⁻¹⁵, or less than 1×10⁻²⁰, or less        than 1×10⁻²⁵, or less than 1×10⁻³⁰, or less than or equal to        1×10⁻³⁵, in particular in a range of 1×10⁻²⁰ to 1×10⁻³² and more        particular in a range of 1×10⁻²⁵ to 1×10⁻³¹.    -   For example, the following website may be applied for the search        and calculating such e-value: http://pfam.xfam.org/,        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/hmmer/search/hmmscan or        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/pfa/pfamscan/    -   In particular, a polypeptide of the invention having        enal-cleaving activity is identified as a member of GXWXG        protein family comprising said domain PF14231 if it matches with        an e-value of less than 1×10⁻⁵, or less than 1×10⁻¹⁰, or less        than 1×10⁻¹⁵, or less than 1×10⁻²⁰, or less than 1×10⁻²⁵, or        less than 1×10⁻³⁰, or less than or equal to 1×10⁻³⁵, in        particular in a range of 1×10⁻²⁰ to 1×10⁻³⁰.    -   As the query sequence the sequence of a polypeptide having        enal-cleaving activity is applied.    -   For example, the following website may be applied for the search        and calculating such e-value: http://pfam.xfam.org/,        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/hmmer/search/hmmscan or        http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/pfa/pfamscan/and/or    -   and/or    -   wherein said polypeptide having said enal-cleaving activity is        selected from the group of polypeptides selected from the group        of polypeptides that comprise at least one sequence motif/domain        selected from        -   G-[Y or “-”]-x-W-x-G-x-x-[F,L or I]x-[T,S or R]-G-[H or D]            set forth in SEQ ID NO:205,        -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 10 or up to 5            consecutive amino acid residues, as for example            corresponding to residues in positions 1-8 or 9-13 of SEQ ID            NO:205;        -   W-[Y, A or V]-G-K-x-[F or Y]-x-[S or D] set forth in SEQ ID            NO:206,        -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 4 consecutive            amino acid residues, as for example corresponding to            residues in positions 1-4 or 5-8 of SEQ ID NO:206;        -   [G or S]-x-[A or G]-x-[L or V]-x-x-x-x-[F, Y or L]-R-G-x-V            set forth in SEQ ID NO:207,        -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 10 or up to 5            consecutive amino acid residues, as for example            corresponding to residues in positions 1-8 or 9-14 of SEQ ID            NO:207;        -   [M or L]-[V or I]Y-D-x-x-P-[I or V]-x-D-[H or S]-[F or L]            set forth in SEQ ID NO:208,        -   or any partial motif thereof comprising up to 10 or up to 5            consecutive amino acid residues, as for example            corresponding to residues in positions 1-6 or 7-12 of SEQ ID            NO:208;    -   wherein    -   in the above motifs residues x represent independently of each        other any natural amino acid residue, and wherein optionally in        each of the above motifs 1 to 5, like 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 amino acid        residues different from the x residues may be modified, for        example by amino acid substitution, in particular by        conservative substitutions, provided that the enzymes retains,        at least to analytically detectable extent, enal-cleaving enzyme        activity.    -   and/or    -   said polypeptide having said enal-cleaving activity is selected        from the group consisting of the following polypeptides        comprising the respective amino acid sequence:        -   a) SCH94-3944 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 34        -   b) SCH80-05241 set forth in SEQ ID NO:38        -   c) Pdigit7033 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 42        -   d) PitalDUF4334-1 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 46        -   e) AspWeDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 49        -   f) RhoagDUF4334-2 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 53,        -   g) RhoagDUF4334-3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 56,        -   h) RhoagDUF4334-4 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 59,        -   i) CnecaDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 62,        -   j) Rins-DUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 69,        -   k) CgatDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 72,        -   1) GclavDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 75        -   m) TcurvaDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO:81,        -   n) PprotDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 87, and        -   o) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has            at least 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%,            95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to any one of            the amino acid sequences of a) to n) and retaining said            enzymatic activity of degrading an terpene precursor of            formula (1).    -   Another particular embodiment refers to polypeptide variants of        the novel polypeptides of the invention having a enal-cleaving        activity as identified above by anyone of the particular amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 34, 38, 42, 46, 49, 53, 56, 59, 62,        69, 72, 75, 81 and 87 and wherein the polypeptide variants are        selected from an amino acid sequence having at least 70%, 75%,        80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to        anyone of SEQ ID NO: 34, 38, 42, 46, 49, 53, 56, 59, 62, 69, 72,        75, 81 and 87, and containing at least one substitution        modification relative to anyone of SEQ ID NO: 34, 38, 42, 46,        49, 53, 56, 59, 62, 69, 72, 75, 81 and 87.    -   In the above referenced 14 particular enal cleaving polypeptides        the protein family domains having the Pfam ID number PF14232 and        PF14231 may be located at amino acid residue positions given in        the following table (see also alignment depicted in FIG. 31 and        the framed sequence sections therein)

Accession Protein Protein sequence From To E-Value Id domain SCH94-394496 153 1.63E−30 pf14232 DUF4334 SCH94-3944 27 85 3.24E−28 pf14231 GXWXGSCH80-05241 96 153 7.42E−30 pf14232 DUF4334 SCH80-05241 27 85 2.30E−27pf14231 GXWXG Pdigit7033 93 147 9.46E−28 pf14232 DUF4334 Pdigit7033 2783 9.73E−24 pf14231 GXWXG PitalDUF4334-l 93 147 1.03E−26 pf14232 DUF4334PitalDUF4334-l 27 84 7.88E−25 pf14231 GXWXG AspWeDUF4334 94 148 5.62E−26pf14232 DUF4334 AspWeDUF4334 27 85 6.95E−26 pf14231 GXWXG RhoagDUF4334-294 150 8.64E−27 pf14232 DUF4334 RhoagDUF4334-2 24 83 9.35E−23 pf14231GXWXG RhoagDUF4334-3 94 150 1.33E−26 pf14232 DUF4334 RhoagDUF4334-3 2483 9.55E−23 pf14231 GXWXG RhoagDUF4334-4 94 150 8.31E−26 pf14232 DUF4334RhoagDUF4334-4 24 83 8.03E−23 pf14231 GXWXG CnecaDUF4334 117 1681.10E−21 pf14232 DUF4334 CnecaDUF4334 20 75 1.20E−20 pf14231 GXWXGRins-DUF4334 91 152 2.57E−27 pf14232 DUF4334 Rins-DUF4334 23 81 5.84E−26pf14231 GXWXG CgatDUF4334 91 145 4.15E−26 pf14232 DUF4334 CgatDUF4334 2482 8.78E−23 pf14231 GXWXG GelavDUF4334 91 145 3.09E−30 pf14232 DUF4334GelavDUF4334 24 82 5.12E−29 pf14231 GXWXG TcurvaDUF4334 24 82 2.85E−27pf14231 GXWXG TcurvaDUF4334 91 143 1.69E−25 pf14232 DUF4334 PprotDUF433491 153 3.71E−27 pf14232 DUF4334 PprotDUF4334 23 81 6.37E−24 pf14231GXWXGThe numbering of amino acid residues refers to the residue number in therespective SEQ ID NO of the respective protein sequence in the attachedsequence listing

-   29. The method of embodiment 28, wherein said enal-cleaving    polypeptide is selected from the following group of mutants    consisting of the following polypeptides and comprising the    respective amino acid sequence:    -   a) SCH94-3944-T51A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:91    -   b) SCH94-3944-H53A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:93    -   c) SCH94-3944-L59A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:95    -   d) SCH94-3944-W64A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:97    -   e) SCH94-3944-S71A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:101    -   f) SCH94-3944-R106A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:103    -   g) SCH94-3944-Y115A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:105    -   h) SCH94-3944-D116A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:107    -   i) SCH94-3944-M136A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:111    -   j) SCH94-3944-K139A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:113    -   k) SCH94-3944-R156A_variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:119 and    -   l) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to any        one of the amino acid sequences of a) to 1) and retaining said        enzymatic activity of degrading an terpene precursor of        formula (1) and retaining said mutated amino acid sequence        position.-   30. The method of anyone of the embodiments 27 to 29, wherein a    compound, for example a terpene-type compound, of formula V is    applied, wherein    -   R¹ represents H or methyl,    -   R² represents H or        -   a) a non-cyclic, linear or branched, saturated or            unsaturated, hydrocarbyl residue having 1 to 20, in            particular 1 to 10, 1 to 15 or 1 to 20 carbon atoms; or        -   b) a group Cyc-A-, wherein A represents a straight chain or            branched C₁-C₄-alkylene bridge, in particular methylene, and            Cyc represents a mono- or polycyclic, in particular            bicyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl residue, in            particular a bicyclic annulated hydrocarbyl residue,            comprising 5-7, in particular 6 ring atoms per cycle,            optionally substituted with 1-10, 1-5 substituents which are            independently selected from C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkylidene,            C₂-C₄-alkenyl, oxo, hydroxy, or amino, in particular            C₁-C₄-alkyl. like methyl, and C₁-C₄-alkylidene, like            methylidene,    -   each R³ represents H,    -   R⁴ represents H or methyl, and    -   R⁵ represents H or methyl.-   31. The method of embodiment 30 wherein the compound of general    formula V possesses a labdane-type structure, and/or Cyc-A    represents a residue of formula IIIa, IIIb or IIIc

-   32. The method of any one of the embodiments 27 to 31, wherein the    precursor of formula (V) is selected from farnesal, geranylgeranial,    citral, dodecanal, labdane-type compounds, like    8-hydroxy-labd-13-en-15-al and copalal, each in the form of a    mixture of its stereoisomers or in stereoisomerically pure form.-   33. The method of one of the embodiments 27 to 32, wherein the    degraded product of formula (IV) is selected from geranylacetone,    farnesylacetone, methylheptenone, decanal; or manooloxy, or    8-hydroxy-14,15-dinorlabdan-13-one each in the form of a mixture of    its stereoisomers or in stereoisomerically pure form.    -   Further particular inventive examples of enal-cleaving        enzyme-catalyzed conversions of carbonyl compounds to the        respective cleavage product are summarized in the following        schematic overview:

-   -   wherein parameter “n” is an integer from 1 to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to        10 or 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.

-   34. The method of anyone of embodiments 27 to 33 performed in vitro    or in vitro.

-   35. The method of embodiment 34 performed in vivo that comprises,    prior to step (1), the recombinant expression, in particular in a    non-human host cell, of one or more polypeptides having the enzyme    activity required for performing the chain degradation step.

-   36. The method of embodiment 35, wherein the non-human host cell is    transformed with a nucleic acid which is encoding at least one    polypeptide having enal-cleaving activity.

-   37. The method of embodiment 35 or 36, wherein said non-human host    cell is a eukaryotic or a prokaryotic cell, in particular a plant    cell, a bacterial or a fungal cell, in particular a yeast cell.

-   38. The method of any one of embodiments 35 to 37, wherein the    non-human host cell is a unicellular organism, a cultured cell    derived from a multi-cellular organism, a cell present in a cultured    tissue derived from a multicellular organism, or a cell present in a    living multicellular organism.

-   39. The method of one of the embodiments 35 to 38, wherein the    non-human host cell is a bacterium of the genus Escherichia,    preferably E. coli and said yeast is of the genus Saccharomyces, or    Pichia, preferably S. cerevisiae, or a plant cell.

-   40. The method of anyone of the embodiments 27 to 39 further    comprising as step (3) the processing of the compound of formula IV    formed in step (1) or isolated in step (2) to obtain a derivative    thereof using chemical or biocatalytic synthesis or a combination of    both, wherein said derivative may in particular be selected from a    hydrocarbon, alcohol, diol, triol, acetal, ketal, aldehyde, acid,    ether, amide, ketone, lactone, epoxide, acetate, glycoside and/or an    ester and (4) optionally isolating the derivative of step (3).

-   41. The method of embodiment 40, wherein step (3) comprises the    processing of the compound of formula IV formed in step (1) or    isolated in step (2) with a polypeptide having Baeyer-Villiger    monooxygenase (BVMO) activity so as to form the respective carbonyl    ester.

-   42. The method of embodiment 41, further comprising the hydrolysis    of the carbonyl ester compound with an esterase to the corresponding    de-esterified product, which may be an alcohol or an isomerization    product thereof, and optionally isolating the derivative of step    (3).

-   43. The method of embodiment 41, wherein the polypeptide having BVMO    activity is as defined above in embodiment 9.

-   44. The method of embodiment 42, wherein the esterase is selected    from the group consisting of    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH23-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:20;    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH24-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:24;    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH25-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:28;    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH46-Esterase set forth in SEQ ID NO:31; or    -   e) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%,        identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to d) and        having esterase activity.

-   45. The method of embodiment 41 to 44, wherein the carbonyl compound    is a dinorlabdane ketone, in particular manooloxy, which is    converted by said BVMO to the respective tetranorlabdanyl acetate,    in particular to gamma-ambryl acetate.

-   46. The method of embodiment 45, wherein tetranorlabdanyl acetate,    in particular gamma-ambryl acetate is deesterified by said esterase    to the respective tetranorlabdane, in particular to gamma-ambrol.

-   47. The method of one of the preceding embodiments 27 to 46, which    method comprises prior to step (1)    -   the biocatalytic oxidation of a labdane alcohol to a labdane        aldehyde, in particular of copalol to copalal,    -   which labdane alcohol is optionally formed by the biocatalytic        conversion of at least one terpenly diphosphate precursor,        selected from IPP, DMAPP, FPP and GGPP, in particular in a        single step or a combination of at least two steps, known in the        prior art.    -   Said labdane alcohol may for example be biocatalytically        produced:    -   a) from geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) in one step in a        cyclisation reaction/dephosphorylation reaction    -   b) from GGPP in two steps by a cyclisation forming labdane        diphosphate, as for example copalyl diphosphate (CPP) which is        then dephosphorylated to the labdane alcohol;    -   c) from IPP and DMAPP which is directly converted through the        action of a bifunctional GGPP synthase/CPP synthase to the        labdane diphosphate, as for example CPP which is then        dephosphorylated;    -   GGPP as used in these steps may also be provided by different        biocatalytic steps:    -   d) GGPP synthases are available which produce GGPP directly from        IPP and DMAPP; or    -   e) GGPP may be provided from IPP and DMAPP via FPP through the        action of a FPP synthase, and the subsequent conversion of FPP        to GGPP through the action of a GGPP synthase.

-   48. The method of embodiment 47, wherein    -   said biocatalytic oxidation of a labdane alcohol, in particular        of copalol to copalal, is catalyzed by an exogenous or        endogenous polypeptide having alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) (EC        1.1.1.-) activity; and/or    -   said biocatalytic formation of the labdane alcohol comprises at        least one step selected from    -   i) a biocatalytic dephosphorylation of a labdane diphosphate to        a labdane aldehyde, in particular of copalyl diphosphate (CPP)        to copalol, which is catalyzed by a polypeptide having terpenyl        diphosphate (TPP) phosphatase activity, and/or    -   ii) a biocatalytic cyclisation of a terpenly diphosphate        precursor, as for example of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP)        to CPP, which is catalyzed by a polypeptide having CPP synthase        activity, like SmCPS2 (SEQ ID NO: 185); or as for example of IPP        and DMAPP to CPP, which is catalyzed by a bifunctional        polypeptide having prenyl-transferase and copalyl-diphosphate        synthase activity, like PvCPS, and/or    -   iii) a biocatalytic formation of GGPP from FPP or a biocatalytic        formation from IPP and DMAPP, each of which being catalyzed by a        polypeptide having GGPP synthase activity.

-   49. The method of embodiment 48, wherein    -   said biocatalytic oxidation, in particular of copalol to        copalal, is catalyzed by a polypeptide having alcohol        dehydrogenase (ADH) activity selected from    -   a) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH23-ADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:134    -   b) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH24-ADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:140    -   c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH94-3945_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:161    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        SCH80-0540_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:164    -   e) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of        AzTolADH1_wt set forth in SEQ ID NO:167    -   f) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of CdGeoA_wt        set forth in SEQ ID NO:179    -   g) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%        identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to 0 and        having ADH activity.    -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic dephosphorylation, in particular of copalyl        diphosphate (CPP) to copalol, is catalyzed by a polypeptide        having terpenyl diphosphate (TPP) phosphatase activity selected        from    -   d) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of AspWE TPP        as set forth in SEQ ID NO:170 or a polypeptide comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%,        95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   e) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of TalCeTPP as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:176 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto; and    -   f) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of TalVeTPP as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:194 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   Further suitable phosphatases are also disclosed in earlier the        applicant's EP application number 18182783.3, incorporated by        reference.    -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic cyclisation, in particular of geranylgeranyl        diphosphate (GGPP) to CPP, is catalyzed by a polypeptide        selected from        -   polypeptides having copalyl-diphosphate synthase activity            comprising the amino acid sequence of SmCPS2 as set forth in            SEQ ID NO:185 or a polypeptide comprising an amino acid            sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,            96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% 70% identity thereto;    -   said biocatalytic cyclisation, in particular of IPP and DNMAPP        to CPP, is catalyzed by a polypeptide selected from        -   polypeptides having prenyl-transferase and            copalyl-diphosphate synthase activities comprising the amino            acid sequence of PvCPS as set forth in SEQ ID NO:173 or a            polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at            least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%            identity thereto;        -   and/or    -   said biocatalytic formation of GGPP is catalyzed by a        polypeptide having GGPP synthase activity and is selected from    -   d) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of carG as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:182 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   e) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of CrtE as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:191 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto;    -   f) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of PvCPS as        set forth in SEQ ID NO:173 or a polypeptide comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,        96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

-   iii) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments related to enal-cleaving enzymes and corresponding    coding sequences

-   50. An isolated polypeptide having enal-cleaving activity in    particular the activity of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde C═C    bond-cleaving enzyme, as defined in anyone of the embodiments 28 and    29.    -   The polypeptides of the invention include all active forms,        including active subsequences, e.g., catalytic domains or active        sites, of an enzyme with enal cleaving activity.

-   51. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid    sequence encoding a polypeptide of embodiment 50 in particular a    nucleic acid sequence seleted from SEQ ID NOs: 33, 35, 36, 37, 39,    40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63,    64, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88, 92, 94, 96, 98, 102,    104, 106, 108, 112, and 120, and nucleic acid sequences having a    degree of sequence identity of at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%,    95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% to any one of said sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54,    55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 80, 82, 86, 88,    92, 94, 96, 98, 102, 104, 106, 108, 112, and 120.

-   52. An expression cassette comprising the nucleotide sequence of at    least one nucleic acid molecule of embodiment 50.

-   53. An expression vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of at    least one nucleic acid molecule of embodiment 51, or at least one    expression cassette of embodiment 52.

-   54. The expression vector of embodiment 53, wherein the vector is a    prokaryotic vector, viral vector or eukaryotic vector.

-   55. The expression vector of anyone of the embodiments 53 to 54,    which is a plasmid or a combination of two or more plasmids.

-   56. A recombinant non-human host cell comprising at least one    nucleic acid molecule as defined in embodiment 51, or at least one    expression cassette of embodiment 52, or at least one expression    vector of any one of embodiments 53 to 55.

-   57. The host cell of embodiment 56, wherein the at least one nucleic    acid molecule or the at least one expression cassette is stably    integrated into the genome of the cell.

-   58. The host cell of embodiment 56 or 57 which is a prokaryotic or    eukaryotic cell, in particular a plant cell, a bacterium or a fungal    cell, in particular a yeast.

-   59. The host cell of anyone of the embodiments 56 to 58 which is a    unicellular organism, a cultured cell derived from a multi-cellular    organism, a cell present in a cultured tissue derived from a    multicellular organism, or a cell present in a living multicellular    organism.

-   60. The host cell of embodiment 59 which is a bacterium of the genus    Escherichia, preferably E. coli, or a yeast cells of the genus    Saccharomyces, preferably S. cerevisiae, or of the genus Pichia,    preferably P. pastoris.

-   61. A method of producing at least one polypeptide having    enal-cleaving activity according to embodiment 51, the method    comprising:    -   (i) expressing said at least one polypeptide in a non-human host        cell of any one of embodiments 57 to 60; and    -   (ii) optionally isolating said at least one polypeptide from the        non-human host cell used in step (i).

-   62. The method of embodiment 61 further comprising, prior to step    (i): preparing the non-human host cell used in step (i) by    introducing at least on nucleic acid molecule as defined in    embodiment 51, or at least one expression cassette of embodiment 52,    or at least one expression vector of any one of embodiments 53 to 55    into a non-human cell, thus yielding a host cell capable of    expressing or over-expressing the at least one polypeptide having    enal cleaving activity according to embodiment 50.

-   63. A method for preparing a mutant polypeptide having enal-cleaving    activity, which method comprises the steps of:    -   (i) providing a nucleic acid molecule according to embodiment        51;    -   (ii) modifying the nucleotide sequence of said nucleic acid        molecule, in particular the nucleotide sequence encoding a        polypeptide of embodiment 50, so as to obtain at least one        mutant nucleic acid molecule;    -   (iii) recombinantly expressing said mutant nucleic acid molecule        in a non-human host cell;    -   (iv) screening the expression product obtained in step (iii) for        at least one mutant polypeptide having enal cleaving activity;        and    -   (v) optionally repeating steps (ii) to (iv) with the mutant        nucleic acid molecule until the expression product comprises a        mutant polypeptide having the desired enal cleaving activity;        and    -   (vi) optionally isolating the mutant polypeptide having the        desired enal cleaving activity.

-   iv) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments related to BVMO enzymes and corresponding coding    sequences

-   64. An isolated polypeptide having BVMO activity, as defined in    embodiment 9.    -   The polypeptides of the invention include all active forms,        including active subsequences, e.g., catalytic domains or active        sites, of an enzyme with BVMO activity.

-   65. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid    sequence encoding a polypeptide of embodiment 64, in particular a    nucleic acid sequence seleted from SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,    11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18 and nucleic acid sequences having a degree    of sequence identity of at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%,    97%, 98%, or 99% to any one of said sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 4,    5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18.

-   66. An expression cassette comprising the nucleotide sequence of at    least one nucleic acid molecule of embodiment 65.

-   67. An expression vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of at    least one nucleic acid molecule of embodiment 65, or at least one    expression cassette of embodiment 66.

-   68. The expression vector of embodiment 67, wherein the vector is a    prokaryotic vector, viral vector or eukaryotic vector.

-   69. The expression vector of anyone of the embodiments 67 to 68,    which is a plasmid or a combination of two or more plasmids.

-   70. A recombinant non-human host cell comprising at least one    nucleic acid molecule as defined in embodiment 65, or at least one    expression cassette of embodiment 66, or at least one expression    vector of any one of embodiments 67 to 69.

-   71. The host cell of embodiment 70, wherein the at least one nucleic    acid molecule or the at least one expression cassette is stably    integrated into the genome of the cell.

-   72. The host cell of embodiment 70 or 71 which is a prokaryotic or    eukaryotic cell, in particular a plant cell, a bacterium or a fungal    cell, in particular a yeast.

-   73. The host cell of anyone of the embodiments 70 to 72 which is a    unicellular organism, a cultured cell derived from a multi-cellular    organism, a cell present in a cultured tissue derived from a    multicellular organism, or a cell present in a living multicellular    organism.

-   74. The host cell of embodiment 72 which is a bacterium of the genus    Escherichia, preferably E. coli, or a yeast cells of the genus    Saccharomyces, preferably S. cerevisiae, or of the genus Pichia,    preferably P. pastoris.

-   75. A method of producing at least one polypeptide having BVMO    activity according to embodiment 64, the method comprising:    -   (i) expressing said at least one polypeptide in a non-human host        cell of any one of embodiments 70 to 74; and    -   (ii) optionally isolating said at least one polypeptide from the        non-human host cell used in step (i).

-   76. The method of embodiment 75 further comprising, prior to step    (i): preparing the non-human host cell used in step (i) by    introducing at least on nucleic acid molecule as defined in    embodiment 65, or at least one expression cassette of embodiment 66,    or at least one expression vector of any one of embodiments 67 to 69    into a non-human cell, thus yielding a host cell capable of    expressing or over-expressing the at least one polypeptide having    BVMO activity according to embodiment 64.

-   77. A method for preparing a mutant polypeptide having BVMO    activity, which method comprises the steps of:    -   (i) providing a nucleic acid molecule according to embodiment        65;    -   (ii) modifying the nucleotide sequence of said nucleic acid        molecule, in particular the nucleotide sequence encoding a        polypeptide of embodiment 64, so as to obtain at least one        mutant nucleic acid molecule;    -   (iii) recombinantly expressing said mutant nucleic acid molecule        in a non-human host cell;    -   (iv) screening the expression product obtained in step (iii) for        at least one mutant polypeptide having BVMO activity; and    -   (v) optionally repeating steps (ii) to (iv) with the mutant        nucleic acid molecule until the expression product comprises a        mutant polypeptide having the desired BVMO activity; and    -   (vi) optionally isolating the mutant polypeptide having the        desired BVMO activity.

-   v) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments related to biocatalytic mulitsep in vivo methods of    converting labdane compounds by applying polypeptides with    enal-cleaving activity and/or BVMO activity

-   78. An in vivo method for preparing labdane-type terpenes which    method comprises providing a recombinant host expressing a set of    polypeptides having enzymatic activities required for catalyzing the    following sequence of reaction steps    -   (1) optionally converting a labdane alcohol, in particular a        copalol, to the respective labdane aldehyde, in particular a        copalal, through the enzymatic action of an exogenous or        endogenous ADH polypeptide, in particular an ADH as defined in        anyone of the embodiments 19 or 49;    -   (2) converting said ladbane aldehyde of step (1), in particular        a copalal, to the respective dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in        particular manooloxy, through the action a polypeptide having        enal-cleaving activity, in particular a polypeptide as defined        in anyone of the embodiments 28 and 29;    -   (3) optionally converting said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound of        step (2), in particular manooloxy, to the respective        tetranorlabdanyl acetate, in particular to gamma-ambryl acetate        through the action a polypeptide having BVMO activity, in        particular BVMO as defined in embodiment 9;    -   (4) optionally converting said tetranorlabdanyl acetate of step        (3), in particular to gamma-ambryl acetate, to the respective        tetranorlabdane alcohol, in particular gamma, ambrol, through        the action a polypeptide having esterase activity, in particular        an esterase as defined in anyone of the embodiment 23 and 44;        and optionally    -   (5) isolating the product of step (2), (3) or (4).

-   79. An in vivo method for preparing labdane-type cyclo-terpenes    -   which method comprises providing a recombinant host expressing a        set of polypeptides having enzymatic activities required for        catalyzing the following sequence of reaction steps    -   (1) optionally converting a labdane alcohol, in particular a        copalol, to the respective labdane aldehyde, in particular a        copalal, through the enzymatic action of an exogenous or        endogenous ADH polypeptide, in particular an ADH as defined in        anyone of the embodiments 19 or 49;    -   (2) converting said labdane aldehyde of step (1), in particular        a copalal, to the respective norlabdane ester compound, in        particular        [4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but-1-enyl]        formate (compound 1a,1b), through the action a polypeptide        having BVMO activity, in particular a BVMO as defined in anyone        of the embodiments 9;    -   (3) converting said labdane ester compound of step (2), in        particular in particular        [4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-but-1-enyl]formate        (compound 1a, 1b) to the respective norlabdane aldehyde, in        particular        4-[(1S,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-butanal        (compound 3a,3b), optionally through the action a polypeptide        having esterase activity, in particular an esterase as defined        in anyone of the embodiments 23 or 44;    -   (4) converting said norlabdane aldehyde of step (3), in        particular        4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-2-methyl-butanal        (compound 3a, 3b), to the respective dinorlabdane ester, in        particular        [3-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-1-methyl-propyl]        formate (compound 4a,4b), through the action a polypeptide        having BVMO activity, in particular a BVMO as defined in anyone        of the embodiments 9;    -   (5) converting said dinorlabdane ester of step (4) in particular        [3-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]-1-methyl-propyl]        formate (compound 4a,4b), to the respective dinorlabdane        alcohol, in particular        4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]butan-2-ol,        (compound 5a,5b), through the action a polypeptide having        esterase activity, in particular an esterase as defined in        anyone of the embodiments 23 or 44;    -   (6) optionally converting said dinorlabdane alcohol of step (5),        in particular        4-[(1S,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylene-decalin-1-yl]butan-2-ol,        (compound 5a,5b), to the respective dinorlabdane carbonyl        compound, in particular manooloxy, through the action an        exogenous or endogenous polypeptide having ADH activity, in        particular an ADH as defined in anyone of the embodiments 19 or        49;    -   (7) optionally converting said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound of        step (6), in particular manooloxy, to the respective        tetranorlabdanyl acetate, in particular to gamma-ambryl acetate        through the action a polypeptide having BVMO activity, in        particular a BVMO as defined in anyone of the embodiments 9;    -   (8) converting said tetranorlabdanyl acetate of step (7), in        particular to gamma-ambryl acetate, to the respective        tetranorlabdane alcohol, in particular gamma, ambrol through the        action a polypeptide having esterase activity, in particular an        esterase as defined in anyone of the embodiments 23 or 44; and        optionally    -   (9) isolating the product of step (5), (6), (7) or (8).

-   80. The method of embodiment 79, wherein    -   the ADHs as applied in steps (1) and (6) are identical or        different; exogenous or endogenous, and/or    -   the BVMOs as applied in steps (2), (4) and (7) are identical or        different; and/or the esterases as applied in steps (3), (5)        and (8) are identical or different.

-   81. The method of anyone of the embodiments 78 to 80, wherein    -   a recombinant host is applied additionally expressing a set of        polypeptides having enzymatic activities required for catalyzing        the following sequence of reaction steps in advance of step (1):    -   (i) the biocatalytic formation of geranylgeranyl diphosphate        (GGPP) through the action a polypeptide having GGPP synthase        activity, in particular a GGPP synthase as defined in anyone of        the embodiments 19 and 49;    -   (ii) the biocatalytic cyclisation of GGPP to said labdane        diphosphate, in particular to a copalyl diphosphate (CPP)        through the action a polypeptide having labdane diphosphate        synthase activity, in particular a polypeptide comprising CPP        synthase activity as defined in anyone of embodiments 19 and 49;    -   (iii) the biocatalytic dephosphorylation of said labdane        diphosphate to said labdane alcohol, in particular of CPP to        copalol, through the action a polypeptide having labdane        diphosphate phosphatase activity, in particular a polypeptide        comprising TPP phosphatase activity as defined in anyone of        embodiments 19 and 49.

-   82. The method of anyone of the embodiments 78 to 81, wherein a    recombinant host is applied additionally expressing at least one of    the polypeptide catalyzing an enzymatic step of the mevalonate    pathway or the MEP pathway.

-   83. The method of one of the embodiments 78 to 82 wherein the a    recombinant host is applied which carries the coding sequences of    the respective catalytically active polypeptides on one or more    expression vectors and/or stably integrated into the genome of the    host.

-   84. The method of anyone of the embodiments 1 to 49 and 78 to 83    performed in vivo, which comprises prior to step (1) introducing    into a non-human host organism or cell and optionally stably    integrated into the respective genome; one or more nucleic acid    molecules encoding one or more polypeptides having the enzyme    activities required for performing the respective biocatalytic    conversion step or steps.

-   85. The method of anyone of the embodiments 1 to 49 and 78 to 83    performed by applying a non-human host organism or cell endogenously    producing FPP and/or GGPP; or a mixture of IPP and DMAPP; or a    non-human host organism which is genetically modified to produce    increased amounts of FPP and/or of GGPP and/or of a mixture of IPP    and DMAPP.    -   Some of these host cells or organisms applicable in the        invention do not produce FPP or GGPP or a mixture of IPP and        DMAPP naturally. Such organisms or cells that do not produce an        acyclic terpene pyrophosphate precursor, e.g. FPP or GGPP or a        mixture of IPP and DMAPP, naturally may be genetically modified        to produce said precursor. They can be, for example, so        transformed either before the modification with nucleic acids        described herein. Methods to transform organisms so that they        produce an acyclic terpene pyrophosphate precursor, e.g. FPP or        GGPP or a mixture of IPP and DMAPP, are already known in the        art. For example, introducing enzyme activities of the        mevalonate pathway, is a suitable strategy to make the organism        produce FPP or GGPP or a mixture of IPP and DMAPP.

-   86. The recombinant microorganism as defined in anyone of the    embodiments 78 to 85.

-   vi) The present invention relates to the following particular    embodiments related to the further conversion of chemical    intermediate compounds as obtained by a biocatalytic method    described herein to further final products of particular interest

-   87. A method of preparing an epoxy-tetranorlabdane compound, in    particular ambrox, which method comprises    -   (1) providing a tetranorlabdane alcohol, in particular        gamma-ambrol, or a tetranorlabdane acetate, in particular        gamma-ambryl acetate, or a dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in        particular manooloxy, by applying a biocatalytic method        comprising one or more method steps as defined in anyone of the        claims 1 to 49 or 78 to 83, optionally isolating said product;        and    -   (2) converting said product of step (1) to epoxy-tetranorlabdane        in particular ambrox, by applying one or more chemical and/or        biochemical conversion steps.

-   88. A method of preparing a diepoxy-dinorlabdabe, in particular Z11,    which method comprises    -   (1) providing a dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in particular        manooloxy by applying a method which results in the formation of        said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in particular manooloxy and        which comprising one or more method steps as defined in anyone        of the claims 1 to 49 or 78 to 84, optionally isolating said        dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in particular manooloxy; and    -   (2) converting said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, in        particular manooloxy of step (1) to said diepoxy-dinorlabdabe,        in particular Z-11, by applying one or more chemical and/or        biochemical conversion steps.

b. Polypeptides Applicable According to the Invention

In this context the following definitions apply:

The generic terms “polypeptide” or “peptide”, which may be usedinterchangeably, refer to a natural or synthetic linear chain orsequence of consecutive, peptidically linked amino acid residues,comprising about 10 to up to more than 1.000 residues. Short chainpolypeptides with up to 30 residues are also designated as“oligopeptides”.

The term “protein” refers to a macromolecular structure consisting ofone or more polypeptides. The amino acid sequence of its polypeptide(s)represents the “primary structure” of the protein. The amino acidsequence also predetermines the “secondary structure” of the protein bythe formation of special structural elements, such as alpha-helical andbeta-sheet structures formed within a polypeptide chain. The arrangementof a plurality of such secondary structural elements defines the“tertiary structure” or spatial arrangement of the protein. If a proteincomprises more than one polypeptide chains said chains are spatiallyarranged forming the “quaternary structure” of the protein. A correctspacial arrangement or “folding” of the protein is prerequisite ofprotein function. Denaturation or unfolding destroys protein function.If such destruction is reversible, protein function may be restored byrefolding.

A typical protein function referred to herein is an “enzyme function”,i.e. the protein acts as biocatalyst on a substrate, for example achemical compound, and catalyzes the conversion of said substrate to aproduct. An enzyme may show a high or low degree of substrate and/orproduct specificity.

A “polypeptide” referred to herein as having a particular “activity”thus implicitly refers to a correctly folded protein showing theindicated activity, as for example a specific enzyme activity.

Thus, unless otherwise indicated the term “polypeptide” also encompassesthe terms “protein” and “enzyme”.

Similarly, the term “polypeptide fragment” encompasses the terms“protein fragment” and “enzyme fragment”.

The term “isolated polypeptide” refers to an amino acid sequence that isremoved from its natural environment by any method or combination ofmethods known in the art and includes recombinant, biochemical andsynthetic methods.

“Target peptide” refers to an amino acid sequence which targets aprotein, or polypeptide to intracellular organelles, i.e., mitochondria,or plastids, or to the extracellular space (secretion signal peptide). Anucleic acid sequence encoding a target peptide may be fused to thenucleic acid sequence encoding the amino terminal end, e.g., N-terminalend, of the protein or polypeptide, or may be used to replace a nativetargeting polypeptide.

The present invention also relates to “functional equivalents” (alsodesignated as “analogs” or “functional mutations”) of the polypeptidesspecifically described herein.

For example, “functional equivalents” refer to polypeptides which, in atest used for determining enzymatic terpenyl diphosphate synthaseactivity, or terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase activity display at leasta 1 to 10%, or at least 20%, or at least 50%, or at least 75%, or atleast 90% higher or lower activity, as that of the polypeptidesspecifically described herein.

“Functional equivalents”, according to the invention, also coverparticular mutants, which, in at least one sequence position of an aminoacid sequences stated herein, have an amino acid that is different fromthat concretely stated one, but nevertheless possess one of theaforementioned biological activities, as for example enzyme activity.“Functional equivalents” thus comprise mutants obtainable by one ormore, like 1 to 20, in particular 1 to 15 or 5 to 10 amino acidadditions, substitutions, in particular conservative substitutions,deletions and/or inversions, where the stated changes can occur in anysequence position, provided they lead to a mutant with the profile ofproperties according to the invention. Functional equivalence is inparticular also provided if the activity patterns coincide qualitativelybetween the mutant and the unchanged polypeptide, i.e. if, for example,interaction with the same agonist or antagonist or substrate, however ata different rate, (i.e. expressed by a EC₅₀ or IC₅₀ value or any otherparameter suitable in the present technical field) is observed. Examplesof suitable (conservative) amino acid substitutions are shown in thefollowing table:

Original residue Examples of substitution Ala Ser Arg Lys Asn Gln; HisAsp Glu Cys Ser Gln Asn Glu Asp Gly Pro His Asn; Gln He Leu; Val LeuIle; Val Lys Arg; Gln; Glu Met Leu; He Phe Met; Leu; Tyr Ser Thr Thr SerTrp Tyr Tyr Trp; Phe Val Ile; Leu

“Functional equivalents” in the above sense are also “precursors” of thepolypeptides described herein, as well as “functional derivatives” and“salts” of the polypeptides.

“Precursors” are in that case natural or synthetic precursors of thepolypeptides with or without the desired biological activity.

The expression “salts” means salts of carboxyl groups as well as saltsof acid addition of amino groups of the protein molecules according tothe invention. Salts of carboxyl groups can be produced in a known wayand comprise inorganic salts, for example sodium, calcium, ammonium,iron and zinc salts, and salts with organic bases, for example amines,such as triethanolamine, arginine, lysine, piperidine and the like.Salts of acid addition, for example salts with inorganic acids, such ashydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid and salts with organic acids, such asacetic acid and oxalic acid, are also covered by the invention.

“Functional derivatives” of polypeptides according to the invention canalso be produced on functional amino acid side groups or at theirN-terminal or C-terminal end using known techniques. Such derivativescomprise for example aliphatic esters of carboxylic acid groups, amidesof carboxylic acid groups, obtainable by reaction with ammonia or with aprimary or secondary amine; N-acyl derivatives of free amino groups,produced by reaction with acyl groups; or O-acyl derivatives of freehydroxyl groups, produced by reaction with acyl groups.

“Functional equivalents” naturally also comprise polypeptides that canbe obtained from other organisms, as well as naturally occurringvariants. For example, areas of homologous sequence regions can beestablished by sequence comparison, and equivalent polypeptides can bedetermined on the basis of the concrete parameters of the invention.

“Functional equivalents” also comprise “fragments”, like individualdomains or sequence motifs, of the polypeptides according to theinvention, or N- and or C-terminally truncated forms, which may or maynot display the desired biological function. Preferably such “fragments”retain the desired biological function at least qualitatively.

“Functional equivalents” are, moreover, fusion proteins, which have oneof the polypeptide sequences stated herein or functional equivalentsderived there from and at least one further, functionally different,heterologous sequence in functional N-terminal or C-terminal association(i.e. without substantial mutual functional impairment of the fusionprotein parts). Non-limiting examples of these heterologous sequencesare e.g. signal peptides, histidine anchors or enzymes.

“Functional equivalents” which are also comprised in accordance with theinvention are homologs to the specifically disclosed polypeptides. Thesehave at least 60%, preferably at least 75%, in particular at least 80 or85%, such as, for example, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 or 99%,homology (or identity) to one of the specifically disclosed amino acidsequences, calculated by the algorithm of Pearson and Lipman, Proc.Natl. Acad, Sci. (USA) 85(8), 1988, 2444-2448. A homology or identity,expressed as a percentage, of a homologous polypeptide according to theinvention means in particular an identity, expressed as a percentage, ofthe amino acid residues based on the total length of one of the aminoacid sequences described specifically herein.

The identity data, expressed as a percentage, may also be determinedwith the aid of BLAST alignments, algorithm blastp (protein-proteinBLAST), or by applying the Clustal settings specified herein below.

In the case of a possible protein glycosylation, “functionalequivalents” according to the invention comprise polypeptides asdescribed herein in deglycosylated or glycosylated form as well asmodified forms that can be obtained by altering the glycosylationpattern.

Functional equivalents or homologues of the polypeptides according tothe invention can be produced by mutagenesis, e.g. by point mutation,lengthening or shortening of the protein or as described in more detailbelow.

Functional equivalents or homologs of the polypeptides according to theinvention can be identified by screening combinatorial databases ofmutants, for example shortening mutants. For example, a variegateddatabase of protein variants can be produced by combinatorialmutagenesis at the nucleic acid level, e.g. by enzymatic ligation of amixture of synthetic oligonucleotides. There are a great many methodsthat can be used for the production of databases of potential homologuesfrom a degenerated oligonucleotide sequence. Chemical synthesis of adegenerated gene sequence can be carried out in an automatic DNAsynthesizer, and the synthetic gene can then be ligated in a suitableexpression vector. The use of a degenerated genome makes it possible tosupply all sequences in a mixture, which code for the desired set ofpotential protein sequences. Methods of synthesis of degeneratedoligonucleotides are known to a person skilled in the art.

In the prior art, several techniques are known for the screening of geneproducts of combinatorial databases, which were produced by pointmutations or shortening, and for the screening of cDNA libraries forgene products with a selected property. These techniques can be adaptedfor the rapid screening of the gene banks that were produced bycombinatorial mutagenesis of homologues according to the invention. Thetechniques most frequently used for the screening of large gene banks,which are based on a high-throughput analysis, comprise cloning of thegene bank in expression vectors that can be replicated, transformationof the suitable cells with the resultant vector database and expressionof the combinatorial genes in conditions in which detection of thedesired activity facilitates isolation of the vector that codes for thegene whose product was detected. Recursive Ensemble Mutagenesis (REM), atechnique that increases the frequency of functional mutants in thedatabases, can be used in combination with the screening tests, in orderto identify homologues.

An embodiment provided herein provides orthologs and paralogs ofpolypeptides disclosed herein as well as methods for identifying andisolating such orthologs and paralogs. A definition of the terms“ortholog” and “paralog” is given below and applies to amino acid andnucleic acid sequences.

The polypeptides of the invention include all active forms, includingactive subsequences, e.g., catalytic domains or active sites, of anenzyme of the invention. In one aspect, the invention provides catalyticdomains or active sites as set forth below. In one aspect, the inventionprovides a peptide or polypeptide comprising or consisting of an activesite domain as predicted through use of a database such as Pfam(http://pfam.wustl.edu/hmmsearch.shtml) (which is a large collection ofmultiple sequence alignments and hidden Markov models covering manycommon protein families, The Pfam protein families database, A. Bateman,E. Birney, L. Cerruti, R. Durbin, L. Etwiller, S. R. Eddy, S.Griffiths-Jones, K. L. Howe, M. Marshall, and E. L. L. Sonnhammer,Nucleic Acids Research, 30(1):276-280, 2002) or equivalent, as forexample InterPro and SMART databases(http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/scan.html,http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de/).

The invention also encompasses “polypeptide variant” having the desiredactivity, wherein the variant polypeptide is selected from an amino acidsequence having at least 40%, 45%, 50%. 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%,85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99%, sequenceidentity to a specific, in particular natural, amino acid sequence asreferred to by a specific SEQ ID NO and contains at least onesubstitution modification relative said SEQ ID NO.

c. Coding Nucleic Acid Sequences Applicable According to the Invention

In this context the following definitions apply:

The terms “nucleic acid sequence,” “nucleic acid,” “nucleic acidmolecule” and “polynucleotide” are used interchangeably meaning asequence of nucleotides. A nucleic acid sequence may be asingle-stranded or double-stranded deoxyribonucleotide, orribonucleotide of any length, and include coding and non-codingsequences of a gene, exons, introns, sense and anti-sense complimentarysequences, genomic DNA, cDNA, miRNA, siRNA, mRNA, rRNA, tRNA,recombinant nucleic acid sequences, isolated and purified naturallyoccurring DNA and/or RNA sequences, synthetic DNA and RNA sequences,fragments, primers and nucleic acid probes. The skilled artisan is awarethat the nucleic acid sequences of RNA are identical to the DNAsequences with the difference of thymine (T) being replaced by uracil(U). The term “nucleotide sequence” should also be understood ascomprising a polynucleotide molecule or an oligonucleotide molecule inthe form of a separate fragment or as a component of a larger nucleicacid.

An “isolated nucleic acid” or “isolated nucleic acid sequence” relatesto a nucleic acid or nucleic acid sequence that is in an environmentdifferent from that in which the nucleic acid or nucleic acid sequencenaturally occurs and can include those that are substantially free fromcontaminating endogenous material.

The term “naturally-occurring” as used herein as applied to a nucleicacid refers to a nucleic acid that is found in a cell of an organism innature and which has not been intentionally modified by a human in thelaboratory.

A “fragment” of a polynucleotide or nucleic acid sequence refers tocontiguous nucleotides that is particularly at least 15 bp, at least 30bp, at least 40 bp, at least 50 bp and/or at least 60 bp in length ofthe polynucleotide of an embodiment herein. Particularly the fragment ofa polynucleotide comprises at least 25, more particularly at least 50,more particularly at least 75, more particularly at least 100, moreparticularly at least 150, more particularly at least 200, moreparticularly at least 300, more particularly at least 400, moreparticularly at least 500, more particularly at least 600, moreparticularly at least 700, more particularly at least 800, moreparticularly at least 900, more particularly at least 1000 contiguousnucleotides of the polynucleotide of an embodiment herein. Without beinglimited, the fragment of the polynucleotides herein may be used as a PCRprimer, and/or as a probe, or for anti-sense gene silencing or RNAi.

As used herein, the term “hybridization” or hybridizes under certainconditions is intended to describe conditions for hybridization andwashes under which nucleotide sequences that are significantly identicalor homologous to each other remain bound to each other. The conditionsmay be such that sequences, which are at least about 70%, such as atleast about 80%, and such as at least about 85%, 90%, or 95% identical,remain bound to each other. Definitions of low stringency, moderate, andhigh stringency hybridization conditions are provided herein below.Appropriate hybridization conditions can also be selected by thoseskilled in the art with minimal experimentation as exemplified inAusubel et al. (1995, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley& Sons, sections 2, 4, and 6). Additionally, stringency conditions aredescribed in Sambrook et al. (1989, Molecular Cloning: A LaboratoryManual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press, chapters 7, 9, and 11).

“Recombinant nucleic acid sequences” are nucleic acid sequences thatresult from the use of laboratory methods (for example, molecularcloning) to bring together genetic material from more than on source,creating or modifying a nucleic acid sequence that does not occurnaturally and would not be otherwise found in biological organisms.

“Recombinant DNA technology” refers to molecular biology procedures toprepare a recombinant nucleic acid sequence as described, for instance,in Laboratory Manuals edited by Weigel and Glazebrook, 2002, Cold SpringHarbor Lab Press; and Sambrook et al., 1989, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

The term “gene” means a DNA sequence comprising a region, which istranscribed into a RNA molecule, e.g., an mRNA in a cell, operablylinked to suitable regulatory regions, e.g., a promoter. A gene may thuscomprise several operably linked sequences, such as a promoter, a 5′leader sequence comprising, e.g., sequences involved in translationinitiation, a coding region of cDNA or genomic DNA, introns, exons,and/or a 3′non-translated sequence comprising, e.g., transcriptiontermination sites.

“Polycistronic” refers to nucleic acid molecules, in particular mRNAs,that can encode more than one polypeptide separately within the samenucleic acid molecule

A “chimeric gene” refers to any gene which is not normally found innature in a species, in particular, a gene in which one or more parts ofthe nucleic acid sequence are present that are not associated with eachother in nature. For example the promoter is not associated in naturewith part or all of the transcribed region or with another regulatoryregion. The term “chimeric gene” is understood to include expressionconstructs in which a promoter or transcription regulatory sequence isoperably linked to one or more coding sequences or to an antisense,i.e., reverse complement of the sense strand, or inverted repeatsequence (sense and antisense, whereby the RNA transcript forms doublestranded RNA upon transcription). The term “chimeric gene” also includesgenes obtained through the combination of portions of one or more codingsequences to produce a new gene.

A “3′ UTR” or “3′ non-translated sequence” (also referred to as “3′untranslated region,” or “3′end”) refers to the nucleic acid sequencefound downstream of the coding sequence of a gene, which comprises, forexample, a transcription termination site and (in most, but not alleukaryotic mRNAs) a polyadenylation signal such as AAUAAA or variantsthereof. After termination of transcription, the mRNA transcript may becleaved downstream of the polyadenylation signal and a poly(A) tail maybe added, which is involved in the transport of the mRNA to the site oftranslation, e.g., cytoplasm.

The term “primer” refers to a short nucleic acid sequence that ishybridized to a template nucleic acid sequence and is used forpolymerization of a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the template.

The term “selectable marker” refers to any gene which upon expressionmay be used to select a cell or cells that include the selectablemarker. Examples of selectable markers are described below. The skilledartisan will know that different antibiotic, fungicide, auxotrophic orherbicide selectable markers are applicable to different target species.

The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences that code forpolypeptides as defined herein.

In particular, the invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences(single-stranded and double-stranded DNA and RNA sequences, e.g. cDNA,genomic DNA and mRNA), coding for one of the above polypeptides andtheir functional equivalents, which can be obtained for example usingartificial nucleotide analogs.

The invention relates both to isolated nucleic acid molecules, whichcode for polypeptides according to the invention or biologically activesegments thereof, and to nucleic acid fragments, which can be used forexample as hybridization probes or primers for identifying or amplifyingcoding nucleic acids according to the invention.

The present invention also relates to nucleic acids with a certaindegree of “identity” to the sequences specifically disclosed herein.“Identity” between two nucleic acids means identity of the nucleotides,in each case over the entire length of the nucleic acid.

The “identity” between two nucleotide sequences (the same applies topeptide or amino acid sequences) is a function of the number ofnucleotide residues (or amino acid residues) or that are identical inthe two sequences when an alignment of these two sequences has beengenerated. Identical residues are defined as residues that are the samein the two sequences in a given position of the alignment. Thepercentage of sequence identity, as used herein, is calculated from theoptimal alignment by taking the number of residues identical between twosequences dividing it by the total number of residues in the shortestsequence and multiplying by 100. The optimal alignment is the alignmentin which the percentage of identity is the highest possible. Gaps may beintroduced into one or both sequences in one or more positions of thealignment to obtain the optimal alignment. These gaps are then takeninto account as non-identical residues for the calculation of thepercentage of sequence identity. Alignment for the purpose ofdetermining the percentage of amino acid or nucleic acid sequenceidentity can be achieved in various ways using computer programs and forinstance publicly available computer programs available on the worldwide web.

Particularly, the BLAST program (Tatiana et al, FEMS Microbiol Lett.,1999, 174:247-250, 1999) set to the default parameters, available fromthe National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website atncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/bl2seq/wblast2.cgi, can be used to obtain anoptimal alignment of protein or nucleic acid sequences and to calculatethe percentage of sequence identity.

In another example the identity may be calculated by means of the VectorNTI Suite 7.1 program of the company Informax (USA) employing theClustal Method (Higgins D G, Sharp P M. ((1989))) with the followingsettings:

Multiple alignment parameters:

Gap opening penalty 10 Gap extension penalty 10 Gap separation penaltyrange 8 Gap separation penalty off % identity for alignment delay 40Residue specific gaps off Hydrophilic residue gap off Transitionweighing 0 Pairwise alignment parameter: FAST algorithm on K-tuple size1 Gap penalty 3 Window size 5 Number of best diagonals 5

Alternatively the identity may be determined according to Chenna, et al.(2003), the web page: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/clustalw/index.html#and the following settings

DNA Gap Open Penalty 15.0 DNA Gap Extension Penalty 6.66 DNA MatrixIdentity Protein Gap Open Penalty 10.0 Protein Gap Extension Penalty 0.2Protein matrix Gonnet Protein/DNA ENDGAP −1 Protein/DNA GAPDIST 4

All the nucleic acid sequences mentioned herein (single-stranded anddouble-stranded DNA and RNA sequences, for example cDNA and mRNA) can beproduced in a known way by chemical synthesis from the nucleotidebuilding blocks, e.g. by fragment condensation of individualoverlapping, complementary nucleic acid building blocks of the doublehelix. Chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides can, for example, beperformed in a known way, by the phosphoamidite method (Voet, Voet, 2ndedition, Wiley Press, New York, pages 896-897). The accumulation ofsynthetic oligonucleotides and filling of gaps by means of the Klenowfragment of DNA polymerase and ligation reactions as well as generalcloning techniques are described in Sambrook et al. (1989), see below.

The nucleic acid molecules according to the invention can in additioncontain non-translated sequences from the 3′ and/or 5′ end of the codinggenetic region.

The invention further relates to the nucleic acid molecules that arecomplementary to the concretely described nucleotide sequences or asegment thereof.

The nucleotide sequences according to the invention make possible theproduction of probes and primers that can be used for the identificationand/or cloning of homologous sequences in other cellular types andorganisms. Such probes or primers generally comprise a nucleotidesequence region which hybridizes under “stringent” conditions (asdefined herein elsewhere) on at least about 12, preferably at leastabout 25, for example about 40, 50 or 75 successive nucleotides of asense strand of a nucleic acid sequence according to the invention or ofa corresponding antisense strand.

“Homologous” sequences include orthologous or paralogous sequences.Methods of identifying orthologs or paralogs including phylogeneticmethods, sequence similarity and hybridization methods are known in theart and are described herein.

“Paralogs” result from gene duplication that gives rise to two or moregenes with similar sequences and similar functions. Paralogs typicallycluster together and are formed by duplications of genes within relatedplant species. Paralogs are found in groups of similar genes usingpair-wise Blast analysis or during phylogenetic analysis of genefamilies using programs such as CLUSTAL. In paralogs, consensussequences can be identified characteristic to sequences within relatedgenes and having similar functions of the genes.

“Orthologs”, or orthologous sequences, are sequences similar to eachother because they are found in species that descended from a commonancestor. For instance, plant species that have common ancestors areknown to contain many enzymes that have similar sequences and functions.The skilled artisan can identify orthologous sequences and predict thefunctions of the orthologs, for example, by constructing a polygenictree for a gene family of one species using CLUSTAL or BLAST programs. Amethod for identifying or confirming similar functions among homologoussequences is by comparing of the transcript profiles in host cells ororganisms, such as plants or microorganisms, overexpressing or lacking(in knockouts/knockdowns) related polypeptides. The skilled person willunderstand that genes having similar transcript profiles, with greaterthan 50% regulated transcripts in common, or with greater than 70%regulated transcripts in common, or greater than 90% regulatedtranscripts in common will have similar functions. Homologs, paralogs,orthologs and any other variants of the sequences herein are expected tofunction in a similar manner by making the host cells, organism such asplants or microorganisms producing terpene synthase proteins.

The term “selectable marker” refers to any gene which upon expressionmay be used to select a cell or cells that include the selectablemarker. Examples of selectable markers are described below. The skilledartisan will know that different antibiotic, fungicide, auxotrophic orherbicide selectable markers are applicable to different target species.

A nucleic acid molecule according to the invention can be recovered bymeans of standard techniques of molecular biology and the sequenceinformation supplied according to the invention. For example, cDNA canbe isolated from a suitable cDNA library, using one of the concretelydisclosed complete sequences or a segment thereof as hybridization probeand standard hybridization techniques (as described for example inSambrook, (1989)).

In addition, a nucleic acid molecule comprising one of the disclosedsequences or a segment thereof, can be isolated by the polymerase chainreaction, using the oligonucleotide primers that were constructed on thebasis of this sequence. The nucleic acid amplified in this way can becloned in a suitable vector and can be characterized by DNA sequencing.The oligonucleotides according to the invention can also be produced bystandard methods of synthesis, e.g. using an automatic DNA synthesizer.

Nucleic acid sequences according to the invention or derivativesthereof, homologues or parts of these sequences, can for example beisolated by usual hybridization techniques or the PCR technique fromother bacteria, e.g. via genomic or cDNA libraries. These DNA sequenceshybridize in standard conditions with the sequences according to theinvention.

“Hybridize” means the ability of a polynucleotide or oligonucleotide tobind to an almost complementary sequence in standard conditions, whereasnonspecific binding does not occur between non-complementary partners inthese conditions. For this, the sequences can be 90-100% complementary.The property of complementary sequences of being able to bindspecifically to one another is utilized for example in Northern Blottingor Southern Blotting or in primer binding in PCR or RT-PCR.

Short oligonucleotides of the conserved regions are used advantageouslyfor hybridization. However, it is also possible to use longer fragmentsof the nucleic acids according to the invention or the completesequences for the hybridization. These “standard conditions” varydepending on the nucleic acid used (oligonucleotide, longer fragment orcomplete sequence) or depending on which type of nucleic acid—DNA orRNA—is used for hybridization. For example, the melting temperatures forDNA:DNA hybrids are approx. 10° C. lower than those of DNA:RNA hybridsof the same length.

For example, depending on the particular nucleic acid, standardconditions mean temperatures between 42 and 58° C. in an aqueous buffersolution with a concentration between 0.1 to 5×SSC (1×SSC=0.15 M NaCl,15 mM sodium citrate, pH 7.2) or additionally in the presence of 50%formamide, for example 42° C. in 5×SSC, 50% formamide. Advantageously,the hybridization conditions for DNA:DNA hybrids are 0.1×SSC andtemperatures between about 20° C. to 45° C., preferably between about30° C. to 45° C. For DNA:RNA hybrids the hybridization conditions areadvantageously 0.1×SSC and temperatures between about 30° C. to 55° C.,preferably between about 45° C. to 55° C. These stated temperatures forhybridization are examples of calculated melting temperature values fora nucleic acid with a length of approx. 100 nucleotides and a G+Ccontent of 50% in the absence of formamide. The experimental conditionsfor DNA hybridization are described in relevant genetics textbooks, forexample Sambrook et al., 1989, and can be calculated using formulae thatare known by a person skilled in the art, for example depending on thelength of the nucleic acids, the type of hybrids or the G+C content. Aperson skilled in the art can obtain further information onhybridization from the following textbooks: Ausubel et al. (eds),(1985), Brown (ed) (1991).

“Hybridization” can in particular be carried out under stringentconditions. Such hybridization conditions are for example described inSambrook (1989), or in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, JohnWiley & Sons, N.Y. (1989), 6.3.1-6.3.6.

As used herein, the term hybridization or hybridizes under certainconditions is intended to describe conditions for hybridization andwashes under which nucleotide sequences that are significantly identicalor homologous to each other remain bound to each other. The conditionsmay be such that sequences, which are at least about 70%, such as atleast about 80%, and such as at least about 85%, 90%, or 95% identical,remain bound to each other. Definitions of low stringency, moderate, andhigh stringency hybridization conditions are provided herein.

Appropriate hybridization conditions can be selected by those skilled inthe art with minimal experimentation as exemplified in Ausubel et al.(1995, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons,sections 2, 4, and 6). Additionally, stringency conditions are describedin Sambrook et al. (1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nded., Cold Spring Harbor Press, chapters 7, 9, and 11).

As used herein, defined conditions of low stringency are as follows.Filters containing DNA are pretreated for 6 h at 40° C. in a solutioncontaining 35% formamide, 5×SSC, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mM EDTA,0.1% PVP, 0.1% Ficoll, 1% BSA, and 500 μg/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA.Hybridizations are carried out in the same solution with the followingmodifications: 0.02% PVP, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.2% BSA, 100 μg/ml salmon spermDNA, 10% (wt/vol) dextran sulfate, and 5-20×106 32P-labeled probe isused. Filters are incubated in hybridization mixture for 18-20 h at 40°C., and then washed for 1.5 h at 55° C. In a solution containing 2×SSC,25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 5 mM EDTA, and 0.1% SDS. The wash solution isreplaced with fresh solution and incubated an additional 1.5 h at 60° C.Filters are blotted dry and exposed for autoradiography.

As used herein, defined conditions of moderate stringency are asfollows. Filters containing DNA are pretreated for 7 h at 50° C. in asolution containing 35% formamide, 5×SSC, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mMEDTA, 0.1% PVP, 0.1% Ficoll, 1% BSA, and 500 μg/ml denatured salmonsperm DNA. Hybridizations are carried out in the same solution with thefollowing modifications: 0.02% PVP, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.2% BSA, 100 μg/mlsalmon sperm DNA, 10% (wt/vol) dextran sulfate, and 5-20×106 32P-labeledprobe is used. Filters are incubated in hybridization mixture for 30 hat 50° C., and then washed for 1.5 h at 55° C. In a solution containing2×SSC, 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 5 mM EDTA, and 0.1% SDS. The washsolution is replaced with fresh solution and incubated an additional 1.5h at 60° C. Filters are blotted dry and exposed for autoradiography.

As used herein, defined conditions of high stringency are as follows.Prehybridization of filters containing DNA is carried out for 8 h toovernight at 65° C. in buffer composed of 6×SSC, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH7.5), 1 mM EDTA, 0.02% PVP, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02% BSA, and 500 μg/mldenatured salmon sperm DNA. Filters are hybridized for 48 h at 65° C. inthe prehybridization mixture containing 100 μg/ml denatured salmon spermDNA and 5-20×106 cpm of 32P-labeled probe. Washing of filters is done at37° C. for 1 h in a solution containing 2×SSC, 0.01% PVP, 0.01% Ficoll,and 0.01% BSA. This is followed by a wash in 0.1×SSC at 50° C. for 45minutes.

Other conditions of low, moderate, and high stringency well known in theart (e.g., as employed for cross-species hybridizations) may be used ifthe above conditions are inappropriate (e.g., as employed forcross-species hybridizations).

A detection kit for nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide of theinvention may include primers and/or probes specific for nucleic acidsequences encoding the polypeptide, and an associated protocol to usethe primers and/or probes to detect nucleic acid sequences encoding thepolypeptide in a sample. Such detection kits may be used to determinewhether a plant, organism, microorganism or cell has been modified,i.e., transformed with a sequence encoding the polypeptide.

To test a function of variant DNA sequences according to an embodimentherein, the sequence of interest is operably linked to a selectable orscreenable marker gene and expression of said reporter gene is tested intransient expression assays, for example, with microorganisms or withprotoplasts or in stably transformed plants.

The invention also relates to derivatives of the concretely disclosed orderivable nucleic acid sequences.

Thus, further nucleic acid sequences according to the invention can bederived from the sequences specifically disclosed herein and can differfrom it by one or more, like 1 to 20, in particular 1 to 15 or 5 to 10additions, substitutions, insertions or deletions of one or several(like for example 1 to 10) nucleotides, and furthermore code forpolypeptides with the desired profile of properties.

The invention also encompasses nucleic acid sequences that compriseso-called silent mutations or have been altered, in comparison with aconcretely stated sequence, according to the codon usage of a specialoriginal or host organism.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention variant nucleicacids may be prepared in order to adapt its nucleotide sequence to aspecific expression system. For example, bacterial expression systemsare known to more efficiently express polypeptides if amino acids areencoded by particular codons. Due to the degeneracy of the genetic code,more than one codon may encode the same amino acid sequence, multiplenucleic acid sequences can code for the same protein or polypeptide, allthese DNA sequences being encompassed by an embodiment herein. Whereappropriate, the nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptidesdescribed herein may be optimized for increased expression in the hostcell. For example, nucleic acids of an embodiment herein may besynthesized using codons particular to a host for improved expression.

The invention also encompasses naturally occurring variants, e.g.splicing variants or allelic variants, of the sequences describedtherein.

Allelic variants may have at least 60% homology at the level of thederived amino acid, preferably at least 80% homology, quite especiallypreferably at least 90% homology over the entire sequence range(regarding homology at the amino acid level, reference should be made tothe details given above for the polypeptides). Advantageously, thehomologies can be higher over partial regions of the sequences.

The invention also relates to sequences that can be obtained byconservative nucleotide substitutions (i.e. as a result thereof theamino acid in question is replaced by an amino acid of the same charge,size, polarity and/or solubility).

The invention also relates to the molecules derived from the concretelydisclosed nucleic acids by sequence polymorphisms. Such geneticpolymorphisms may exist in cells from different populations or within apopulation due to natural allelic variation. Allelic variants may alsoinclude functional equivalents. These natural variations usually producea variance of 1 to 5% in the nucleotide sequence of a gene. Saidpolymorphisms may lead to changes in the amino acid sequence of thepolypeptides disclosed herein. Allelic variants may also includefunctional equivalents.

Furthermore, derivatives are also to be understood to be homologs of thenucleic acid sequences according to the invention, for example animal,plant, fungal or bacterial homologs, shortened sequences,single-stranded DNA or RNA of the coding and noncoding DNA sequence. Forexample, homologs have, at the DNA level, a homology of at least 40%,preferably of at least 60%, especially preferably of at least 70%, quiteespecially preferably of at least 80% over the entire DNA region givenin a sequence specifically disclosed herein.

Moreover, derivatives are to be understood to be, for example, fusionswith promoters. The promoters that are added to the stated nucleotidesequences can be modified by at least one nucleotide exchange, at leastone insertion, inversion and/or deletion, though without impairing thefunctionality or efficacy of the promoters. Moreover, the efficacy ofthe promoters can be increased by altering their sequence or can beexchanged completely with more effective promoters even of organisms ofa different genus.

d. Generation of Functional Polypeptide Mutants

Moreover, a person skilled in the art is familiar with methods forgenerating functional mutants, that is to say nucleotide sequences whichcode for a polypeptide with at least 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%,75%, 80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence identity to anyone of aminoacid related SEQ ID NOs as disclosed herein and/or encoded by a nucleicacid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 70%sequence identity to anyone of the nucleotide related SEQ ID NOs asdisclosed herein.

Depending on the technique used, a person skilled in the art canintroduce entirely random or else more directed mutations into genes orelse noncoding nucleic acid regions (which are for example important forregulating expression) and subsequently generate genetic libraries. Themethods of molecular biology required for this purpose are known to theskilled worker and for example described in Sambrook and Russell,Molecular Cloning. 3rd Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press2001.

Methods for modifying genes and thus for modifying the polypeptideencoded by them have been known to the skilled worker for a long time,such as, for example

-   -   site-specific mutagenesis, where individual or several        nucleotides of a gene are replaced in a directed fashion (Trower        M K (Ed.) 1996; In vitro mutagenesis protocols. Humana Press,        New Jersey),    -   saturation mutagenesis, in which a codon for any amino acid can        be exchanged or added at any point of a gene (Kegler-Ebo D M,        Docktor C M, DiMaio D (1994) Nucleic Acids Res 22:1593;        Barettino D, Feigenbutz M, Valcárel R, Stunnenberg H G (1994)        Nucleic Acids Res 22:541; Barik S (1995) Mol Biotechnol 3:1),    -   error-prone polymerase chain reaction, where nucleotide        sequences are mutated by error-prone DNA polymerases (Eckert K        A, Kunkel T A (1990) Nucleic Acids Res 18:3739);    -   the SeSaM method (sequence saturation method), in which        preferred exchanges are prevented by the polymerase. Schenk et        al., Biospektrum, Vol. 3, 2006, 277-279    -   the passaging of genes in mutator strains, in which, for example        owing to defective DNA repair mechanisms, there is an increased        mutation rate of nucleotide sequences (Greener A, Callahan M,        Jerpseth B (1996) An efficient random mutagenesis technique        using an E. coli mutator strain. In: Trower M K (Ed.) In vitro        mutagenesis protocols. Humana Press, New Jersey), or    -   DNA shuffling, in which a pool of closely related genes is        formed and digested and the fragments are used as templates for        a polymerase chain reaction in which, by repeated strand        separation and reassociation, full-length mosaic genes are        ultimately generated (Stemmer W P C (1994) Nature 370:389;        Stemmer W P C (1994) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:10747).

Using so-called directed evolution (described, inter alia, in Reetz M Tand Jaeger K-E (1999), Topics Curr Chem 200:31; Zhao H, Moore J C,Volkov A A, Arnold F H (1999), Methods for optimizing industrialpolypeptides by directed evolution, In: Demain A L, Davies J E (Ed.)Manual of industrial microbiology and biotechnology. American Societyfor Microbiology), a skilled worker can produce functional mutants in adirected manner and on a large scale. To this end, in a first step, genelibraries of the respective polypeptides are first produced, for exampleusing the methods given above. The gene libraries are expressed in asuitable way, for example by bacteria or by phage display systems.

The relevant genes of host organisms which express functional mutantswith properties that largely correspond to the desired properties can besubmitted to another mutation cycle. The steps of the mutation andselection or screening can be repeated iteratively until the presentfunctional mutants have the desired properties to a sufficient extent.Using this iterative procedure, a limited number of mutations, forexample 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 mutations, can be performed in stages andassessed and selected for their influence on the activity in question.The selected mutant can then be submitted to a further mutation step inthe same way. In this way, the number of individual mutants to beinvestigated can be reduced significantly.

The results according to the invention also provide importantinformation relating to structure and sequence of the relevantpolypeptides, which is required for generating, in a targeted fashion,further polypeptides with desired modified properties. In particular, itis possible to define so-called “hot spots”, i.e. sequence segments thatare potentially suitable for modifying a property by introducingtargeted mutations.

Information can also be deduced regarding amino acid sequence positions,in the region of which mutations can be effected that should probablyhave little effect on the activity, and can be designated as potential“silent mutations”.

e. Constructs for Expressing Polypeptides of the Invention

In this context the following definitions apply:

“Expression of a gene” encompasses “heterologous expression” and“over-expression” and involves transcription of the gene and translationof the mRNA into a protein. Overexpression refers to the production ofthe gene product as measured by levels of mRNA, polypeptide and/orenzyme activity in transgenic cells or organisms that exceeds levels ofproduction in non-transformed cells or organisms of a similar geneticbackground.

“Expression vector” as used herein means a nucleic acid moleculeengineered using molecular biology methods and recombinant DNAtechnology for delivery of foreign or exogenous DNA into a host cell.The expression vector typically includes sequences required for propertranscription of the nucleotide sequence. The coding region usuallycodes for a protein of interest but may also code for an RNA, e.g., anantisense RNA, siRNA and the like.

An “expression vector” as used herein includes any linear or circularrecombinant vector including but not limited to viral vectors,bacteriophages and plasmids. The skilled person is capable of selectinga suitable vector according to the expression system. In one embodiment,the expression vector includes the nucleic acid of an embodiment hereinoperably linked to at least one “regulatory sequence”, which controlstranscription, translation, initiation and termination, such as atranscriptional promoter, operator or enhancer, or an mRNA ribosomalbinding site and, optionally, including at least one selection marker.Nucleotide sequences are “operably linked” when the regulatory sequencefunctionally relates to the nucleic acid of an embodiment herein.

An “expression system” as used herein encompasses any combination ofnucleic acid molecules required for the expression of one, or theco-expression of two or more polypeptides either in vivo of a givenexpression host, or in vitro. The respective coding sequences may eitherbe located on a single nucleic acid molecule or vector, as for example avector containing multiple cloning sites, or on a polycistronic nucleicacid, or may be distributed over two or more physically distinctvectors. As a particular example there may be mentioned an operoncomprising a promotor sequence, one or more operator sequences and oneor more structural genes each encoding an enzyme as described herein

As used herein, the terms “amplifying” and “amplification” refer to theuse of any suitable amplification methodology for generating ordetecting recombinant of naturally expressed nucleic acid, as describedin detail, below. For example, the invention provides methods andreagents (e.g., specific degenerate oligonucleotide primer pairs, oligodT primer) for amplifying (e.g., by polymerase chain reaction, PCR)naturally expressed (e.g., genomic DNA or mRNA) or recombinant (e.g.,cDNA) nucleic acids of the invention in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro.

“Regulatory sequence” refers to a nucleic acid sequence that determinesexpression level of the nucleic acid sequences of an embodiment hereinand is capable of regulating the rate of transcription of the nucleicacid sequence operably linked to the regulatory sequence. Regulatorysequences comprise promoters, enhancers, transcription factors, promoterelements and the like.

A “promoter”, a “nucleic acid with promoter activity” or a “promotersequence” is understood as meaning, in accordance with the invention, anucleic acid which, when functionally linked to a nucleic acid to betranscribed, regulates the transcription of said nucleic acid.“Promoter” in particular refers to a nucleic acid sequence that controlsthe expression of a coding sequence by providing a binding site for RNApolymerase and other factors required for proper transcription includingwithout limitation transcription factor binding sites, repressor andactivator protein binding sites. The meaning of the term promoter alsoincludes the term “promoter regulatory sequence”. Promoter regulatorysequences may include upstream and downstream elements that mayinfluences transcription, RNA processing or stability of the associatedcoding nucleic acid sequence. Promoters include naturally-derived andsynthetic sequences. The coding nucleic acid sequences is usuallylocated downstream of the promoter with respect to the direction of thetranscription starting at the transcription initiation site.

In this context, a “functional” or “operative” linkage is understood asmeaning for example the sequential arrangement of one of the nucleicacids with a regulatory sequence. For example the sequence with promoteractivity and of a nucleic acid sequence to be transcribed and optionallyfurther regulatory elements, for example nucleic acid sequences whichensure the transcription of nucleic acids, and for example a terminator,are linked in such a way that each of the regulatory elements canperform its function upon transcription of the nucleic acid sequence.This does not necessarily require a direct linkage in the chemicalsense. Genetic control sequences, for example enhancer sequences, caneven exert their function on the target sequence from more remotepositions or even from other DNA molecules. Preferred arrangements arethose in which the nucleic acid sequence to be transcribed is positionedbehind (i.e. at the 3′-end of) the promoter sequence so that the twosequences are joined together covalently. The distance between thepromoter sequence and the nucleic acid sequence to be expressedrecombinantly can be smaller than 200 base pairs, or smaller than 100base pairs or smaller than 50 base pairs.

In addition to promoters and terminator, the following may be mentionedas examples of other regulatory elements: targeting sequences,enhancers, polyadenylation signals, selectable markers, amplificationsignals, replication origins and the like. Suitable regulatory sequencesare described, for example, in Goeddel, Gene Expression Technology:Methods in Enzymology 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990).

The term “constitutive promoter” refers to an unregulated promoter thatallows for continual transcription of the nucleic acid sequence it isoperably linked to.

As used herein, the term “operably linked” refers to a linkage ofpolynucleotide elements in a functional relationship. A nucleic acid is“operably linked” when it is placed into a functional relationship withanother nucleic acid sequence. For instance, a promoter, or rather atranscription regulatory sequence, is operably linked to a codingsequence if it affects the transcription of the coding sequence.Operably linked means that the DNA sequences being linked are typicallycontiguous. The nucleotide sequence associated with the promotersequence may be of homologous or heterologous origin with respect to theplant to be transformed. The sequence also may be entirely or partiallysynthetic. Regardless of the origin, the nucleic acid sequenceassociated with the promoter sequence will be expressed or silenced inaccordance with promoter properties to which it is linked after bindingto the polypeptide of an embodiment herein. The associated nucleic acidmay code for a protein that is desired to be expressed or suppressedthroughout the organism at all times or, alternatively, at a specifictime or in specific tissues, cells, or cell compartment. Such nucleotidesequences particularly encode proteins conferring desirable phenotypictraits to the host cells or organism altered or transformed therewith.More particularly, the associated nucleotide sequence leads to theproduction of the product or products of interest as herein defined inthe cell or organism. Particularly, the nucleotide sequence encodes apolypeptide having an enzyme activity as herein defined.

The nucleotide sequence as described herein above may be part of an“expression cassette”. The terms “expression cassette” and “expressionconstruct” are used synonymously. The (preferably recombinant)expression construct contains a nucleotide sequence which encodes apolypeptide according to the invention and which is under geneticcontrol of regulatory nucleic acid sequences.

In a process applied according to the invention, the expression cassettemay be part of an “expression vector”, in particular of a recombinantexpression vector.

An “expression unit” is understood as meaning, in accordance with theinvention, a nucleic acid with expression activity which comprises apromoter as defined herein and, after functional linkage with a nucleicacid to be expressed or a gene, regulates the expression, i.e. thetranscription and the translation of said nucleic acid or said gene. Itis therefore in this connection also referred to as a “regulatorynucleic acid sequence”. In addition to the promoter, other regulatoryelements, for example enhancers, can also be present.

An “expression cassette” or “expression construct” is understood asmeaning, in accordance with the invention, an expression unit which isfunctionally linked to the nucleic acid to be expressed or the gene tobe expressed. In contrast to an expression unit, an expression cassettetherefore comprises not only nucleic acid sequences which regulatetranscription and translation, but also the nucleic acid sequences thatare to be expressed as protein as a result of transcription andtranslation.

The terms “expression” or “overexpression” describe, in the context ofthe invention, the production or increase in intracellular activity ofone or more polypeptides in a microorganism, which are encoded by thecorresponding DNA. To this end, it is possible for example to introducea gene into an organism, replace an existing gene with another gene,increase the copy number of the gene(s), use a strong promoter or use agene which encodes for a corresponding polypeptide with a high activity;optionally, these measures can be combined.

Preferably such constructs according to the invention comprise apromoter 5′-upstream of the respective coding sequence and a terminatorsequence 3′-downstream and optionally other usual regulatory elements,in each case in operative linkage with the coding sequence.

Nucleic acid constructs according to the invention comprise inparticular a sequence coding for a polypeptide for example derived fromthe amino acid related SEQ ID NOs as described therein or the reversecomplement thereof, or derivatives and homologs thereof and which havebeen linked operatively or functionally with one or more regulatorysignals, advantageously for controlling, for example increasing, geneexpression.

In addition to these regulatory sequences, the natural regulation ofthese sequences may still be present before the actual structural genesand optionally may have been genetically modified so that the naturalregulation has been switched off and expression of the genes has beenenhanced. The nucleic acid construct may, however, also be of simplerconstruction, i.e. no additional regulatory signals have been insertedbefore the coding sequence and the natural promoter, with itsregulation, has not been removed. Instead, the natural regulatorysequence is mutated such that regulation no longer takes place and thegene expression is increased.

A preferred nucleic acid construct advantageously also comprises one ormore of the already mentioned “enhancer” sequences in functional linkagewith the promoter, which sequences make possible an enhanced expressionof the nucleic acid sequence. Additional advantageous sequences may alsobe inserted at the 3′-end of the DNA sequences, such as furtherregulatory elements or terminators. One or more copies of the nucleicacids according to the invention may be present in a construct. In theconstruct, other markers, such as genes which complement auxotrophismsor antibiotic resistances, may also optionally be present so as toselect for the construct.

Examples of suitable regulatory sequences are present in promoters suchas cos, tac, trp, tet, trp-tet, lpp, lac, lpp-lac, lacI^(q), T7, T5, T3,gal, trc, ara, rhaP (rhaP_(BAD))SP6, lambda-P_(R) or in the lambda-PLpromoter, and these are advantageously employed in Gram-negativebacteria. Further advantageous regulatory sequences are present forexample in the Gram-positive promoters amy and SPO2, in the yeast orfungal promoters ADC1, MFalpha, AC, P-60, CYC1, GAPDH, TEF, rp28, ADH.Artificial promoters may also be used for regulation.

For expression in a host organism, the nucleic acid construct isinserted advantageously into a vector such as, for example, a plasmid ora phage, which makes possible optimal expression of the genes in thehost. Vectors are also understood as meaning, in addition to plasmidsand phages, all the other vectors which are known to the skilled worker,that is to say for example viruses such as SV40, CMV, baculovirus andadenovirus, transposons, IS elements, phasmids, cosmids and linear orcircular DNA or artificial chromosomes. These vectors are capable ofreplicating autonomously in the host organism or else chromosomally.These vectors are a further development of the invention. Binary orcpo-integration vectors are also applicable.

Suitable plasmids are, for example, in E. coli pLG338, pACYC184, pBR322,pUC18, pUC19, pKC30, pRep4, pHS1, pKK223-3, pDHE19.2, pHS2, pPLc236,pMBL24, pLG200, pUR290, pIN-III¹¹³-B1, λgt11 or pBdCI, in StreptomycespIJ101, pIJ364, pIJ702 or pIJ361, in Bacillus pUB110, pC194 or pBD214,in Corynebacterium pSA77 or pAJ667, in fungi pALS1, pIL2 or pBB116, inyeasts 2alphaM, pAG-1, YEp6, YEp13 or pEMBLYe23 or in plants pLGV23,pGHlac⁺, pBIN19, pAK2004 or pDH51. The abovementioned plasmids are asmall selection of the plasmids which are possible. Further plasmids arewell known to the skilled worker and can be found for example in thebook Cloning Vectors (Eds. Pouwels P. H. et al. Elsevier, Amsterdam-NewYork-Oxford, 1985, ISBN 0 444 904018).

In a further development of the vector, the vector which comprises thenucleic acid construct according to the invention or the nucleic acidaccording to the invention can advantageously also be introduced intothe microorganisms in the form of a linear DNA and integrated into thehost organism's genome via heterologous or homologous recombination.This linear DNA can consist of a linearized vector such as a plasmid oronly of the nucleic acid construct or the nucleic acid according to theinvention.

For optimal expression of heterologous genes in organisms, it isadvantageous to modify the nucleic acid sequences to match the specific“codon usage” used in the organism. The “codon usage” can be determinedreadily by computer evaluations of other, known genes of the organism inquestion.

An expression cassette according to the invention is generated by fusinga suitable promoter to a suitable coding nucleotide sequence and aterminator or polyadenylation signal. Customary recombination andcloning techniques are used for this purpose, as are described, forexample, in T. Maniatis, E. F. Fritsch and J. Sambrook, MolecularCloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold SpringHarbor, N.Y. (1989) and in T. J. Silhavy, M. L. Berman and L. W.Enquist, Experiments with Gene Fusions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1984) and in Ausubel, F. M. et al., CurrentProtocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Publishing Assoc. and WileyInterscience (1987).

For expression in a suitable host organism, the recombinant nucleic acidconstruct or gene construct is advantageously inserted into ahost-specific vector which makes possible optimal expression of thegenes in the host. Vectors are well known to the skilled worker and canbe found for example in “cloning vectors” (Pouwels P. H. et al., Ed.,Elsevier, Amsterdam-New York-Oxford, 1985).

An alternative embodiment of an embodiment herein provides a method to“alter gene expression” in a host cell. For instance, the polynucleotideof an embodiment herein may be enhanced or overexpressed or induced incertain contexts (e.g. upon exposure to certain temperatures or cultureconditions) in a host cell or host organism.

Alteration of expression of a polynucleotide provided herein may alsoresult in ectopic expression which is a different expression pattern inan altered and in a control or wild-type organism. Alteration ofexpression occurs from interactions of polypeptide of an embodimentherein with exogenous or endogenous modulators, or as a result ofchemical modification of the polypeptide. The term also refers to analtered expression pattern of the polynucleotide of an embodiment hereinwhich is altered below the detection level or completely suppressedactivity.

In one embodiment, provided herein is also an isolated, recombinant orsynthetic polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide or variant polypeptideprovided herein.

In one embodiment, several polypeptide encoding nucleic acid sequencesare co-expressed in a single host, particularly under control ofdifferent promoters. In another embodiment, several polypeptide encodingnucleic acid sequences can be present on a single transformation vectoror be co-transformed at the same time using separate vectors andselecting transformants comprising both chimeric genes. Similarly, oneor polypeptide encoding genes may be expressed in a single plant, cell,microorganism or organism together with other chimeric genes.

f. Hosts to be Applied for the Present Invention

Depending on the context, the term “host” can mean the wild-type host ora genetically altered, recombinant host or both.

In principle, all prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms may be consideredas host or recombinant host organisms for the nucleic acids or thenucleic acid constructs according to the invention.

Using the vectors according to the invention, recombinant hosts can beproduced, which are for example transformed with at least one vectoraccording to the invention and can be used for producing thepolypeptides according to the invention. Advantageously, the recombinantconstructs according to the invention, described above, are introducedinto a suitable host system and expressed. Preferably common cloning andtransfection methods, known by a person skilled in the art, are used,for example co-precipitation, protoplast fusion, electroporation,retroviral transfection and the like, for expressing the stated nucleicacids in the respective expression system. Suitable systems aredescribed for example in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, F.Ausubel et al., Ed., Wiley Interscience, New York 1997, or Sambrook etal. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd edition, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold SpringHarbor, N.Y., 1989.

Advantageously, microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or yeasts areused as host organisms. Advantageously, gram-positive or gram-negativebacteria are used, preferably bacteria of the familiesEnterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Streptomycetaceae,Streptococcaceae or Nocardiaceae, especially preferably bacteria of thegenera Escherichia, Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, Lactococcus, Nocardia,Burkholderia, Salmonella, Agrobacterium, Clostridium or Rhodococcus. Thegenus and species Escherichia coli is quite especially preferred.Furthermore, other advantageous bacteria are to be found in the group ofalpha-Proteobacteria, beta-Proteobacteria or gamma-Proteobacteria.Advantageously also yeasts of families like Saccharomyces or Pichia aresuitable hosts.

Alternatively, entire plants or plant cells may serve as natural orrecombinant host. As non-limiting examples the following plants or cellsderived therefrom may be mentioned the genera Nicotiana, in particularNicotiana benthamiana and Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); as well asArabidopsis, in particular Arabidopsis thaliana.

Depending on the host organism, the organisms used in the methodaccording to the invention are grown or cultured in a manner known by aperson skilled in the art. Culture can be batchwise, semi-batchwise orcontinuous. Nutrients can be present at the beginning of fermentation orcan be supplied later, semicontinuously or continuously. This is alsodescribed in more detail below.

g. Recombinant Production of Polypeptides According to the Invention

The invention further relates to methods for recombinant production ofpolypeptides according to the invention or functional, biologicallyactive fragments thereof, wherein a polypeptide-producing microorganismis cultured, optionally the expression of the polypeptides is induced byapplying at least one inducer inducing gene expression and the expressedpolypeptides are isolated from the culture. The polypeptides can also beproduced in this way on an industrial scale, if desired.

The microorganisms produced according to the invention can be culturedcontinuously or discontinuously in the batch method or in the fed-batchmethod or repeated fed-batch method. A summary of known cultivationmethods can be found in the textbook by Chmiel (Bioprozesstechnik 1.Einfithrung in die Bioverfahrenstechnik [Bioprocess technology 1.Introduction to bioprocess technology] (Gustav Fischer Verlag,Stuttgart, 1991)) or in the textbook by Storhas (Bioreaktoren andperiphere Einrichtungen [Bioreactors and peripheral equipment] (ViewegVerlag, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 1994)).

The culture medium to be used must suitably meet the requirements of therespective strains. Descriptions of culture media for variousmicroorganisms are given in the manual “Manual of Methods for GeneralBacteriology” of the American Society for Bacteriology (Washington D.C., USA, 1981).

These media usable according to the invention usually comprise one ormore carbon sources, nitrogen sources, inorganic salts, vitamins and/ortrace elements.

Preferred carbon sources are sugars, such as mono-, di- orpolysaccharides. Very good carbon sources are for example glucose,fructose, mannose, galactose, ribose, sorbose, ribulose, lactose,maltose, sucrose, raffinose, starch or cellulose. Sugars can also beadded to the media via complex compounds, such as molasses, or otherby-products of sugar refining. It can also be advantageous to addmixtures of different carbon sources. Other possible carbon sources areoils and fats, for example soybean oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil andcoconut oil, fatty acids, for example palmitic acid, stearic acid orlinoleic acid, alcohols, for example glycerol, methanol or ethanol andorganic acids, for example acetic acid or lactic acid.

Nitrogen sources are usually organic or inorganic nitrogen compounds ormaterials that contain these compounds. Examples of nitrogen sourcescomprise ammonia gas or ammonium salts, such as ammonium sulfate,ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium carbonate or ammoniumnitrate, nitrates, urea, amino acids or complex nitrogen sources, suchas corn-steep liquor, soya flour, soya protein, yeast extract, meatextract and others. The nitrogen sources can be used alone or as amixture.

Inorganic salt compounds that can be present in the media comprise thechloride, phosphorus or sulfate salts of calcium, magnesium, sodium,cobalt, molybdenum, potassium, manganese, zinc, copper and iron.

Inorganic sulfur-containing compounds, for example sulfates, sulfites,dithionites, tetrathionates, thiosulfates, sulfides, as well as organicsulfur compounds, such as mercaptans and thiols, can be used as thesulfur source.

Phosphoric acid, potassium dihydrogen phosphate or dipotassium hydrogenphosphate or the corresponding sodium-containing salts can be used asthe phosphorus source.

Chelating agents can be added to the medium, in order to keep the metalions in solution. Especially suitable chelating agents comprisedihydroxyphenols, such as catechol or protocatechuate, or organic acids,such as citric acid.

The fermentation media used according to the invention usually alsocontain other growth factors, such as vitamins or growth promoters,which include for example biotin, riboflavin, thiamine, folic acid,nicotinic acid, pantothenate and pyridoxine. Growth factors and saltsoften originate from the components of complex media, such as yeastextract, molasses, corn-steep liquor and the like. Moreover, suitableprecursors can be added to the culture medium. The exact composition ofthe compounds in the medium is strongly dependent on the respectiveexperiment and is decided for each specific case individually.Information on media optimization can be found in the textbook “AppliedMicrobiol. Physiology, A Practical Approach” (Ed. P. M. Rhodes, P. F.Stanbury, IRL Press (1997) p. 53-73, ISBN 0 19 963577 3). Growth mediacan also be obtained from commercial suppliers, such as Standard 1(Merck) or BHI (brain heart infusion, DIFCO) and the like.

All components of the medium are sterilized, either by heat (20 min at1.5 bar and 121° C.) or by sterile filtration. The components can eitherbe sterilized together, or separately if necessary. All components ofthe medium can be present at the start of culture or can be added eithercontinuously or batchwise.

The culture temperature is normally between 15° C. and 45° C.,preferably 25° C. to 40° C. and can be varied or kept constant duringthe experiment. The pH of the medium should be in the range from 5 to8.5, preferably around 7.0. The pH for growing can be controlled duringgrowing by adding basic compounds such as sodium hydroxide, potassiumhydroxide, ammonia or ammonia water or acid compounds such as phosphoricacid or sulfuric acid. Antifoaming agents, for example fatty acidpolyglycol esters, can be used for controlling foaming. To maintain thestability of plasmids, suitable selective substances, for exampleantibiotics, can be added to the medium. To maintain aerobic conditions,oxygen or oxygen-containing gas mixtures, for example ambient air, arefed into the culture. The temperature of the culture is normally in therange from 20° C. to 45° C. The culture is continued until a maximum ofthe desired product has formed. This target is normally reached within10 hours to 160 hours.

The fermentation broth is then processed further. Depending onrequirements, the biomass can be removed from the fermentation brothcompletely or partially by separation techniques, for examplecentrifugation, filtration, decanting or a combination of these methodsor can be left in it completely.

If the polypeptides are not secreted in the culture medium, the cellscan also be lysed and the product can be obtained from the lysate byknown methods for isolation of proteins. The cells can optionally bedisrupted with high-frequency ultrasound, high pressure, for example ina French press, by osmolysis, by the action of detergents, lytic enzymesor organic solvents, by means of homogenizers or by a combination ofseveral of the aforementioned methods.

The polypeptides can be purified by known chromatographic techniques,such as molecular sieve chromatography (gel filtration), such asQ-sepharose chromatography, ion exchange chromatography and hydrophobicchromatography, and with other usual techniques such as ultrafiltration,crystallization, salting-out, dialysis and native gel electrophoresis.Suitable methods are described for example in Cooper, T. G.,Biochemische Arbeitsmethoden [Biochemical processes], Verlag Walter deGruyter, Berlin, New York or in Scopes, R., Protein Purification,Springer Verlag, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin.

For isolating the recombinant protein, it can be advantageous to usevector systems or oligonucleotides, which lengthen the cDNA by definednucleotide sequences and therefore code for altered polypeptides orfusion proteins, which for example serve for easier purification.Suitable modifications of this type are for example so-called “tags”functioning as anchors, for example the modification known ashexa-histidine anchor or epitopes that can be recognized as antigens ofantibodies (described for example in Harlow, E. and Lane, D., 1988,Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Press). Theseanchors can serve for attaching the proteins to a solid carrier, forexample a polymer matrix, which can for example be used as packing in achromatography column, or can be used on a microtiter plate or on someother carrier.

At the same time these anchors can also be used for recognition of theproteins. For recognition of the proteins, it is moreover also possibleto use usual markers, such as fluorescent dyes, enzyme markers, whichform a detectable reaction product after reaction with a substrate, orradioactive markers, alone or in combination with the anchors forderivatization of the proteins.

h. Polypeptide Immobilization

The enzymes or polypeptides according to the invention can be used freeor immobilized in the method described herein. An immobilized enzyme isan enzyme that is fixed to an inert carrier. Suitable carrier materialsand the enzymes immobilized thereon are known from EP-A-1149849, EP-A-1069 183 and DE-OS 100193773 and from the references cited therein.Reference is made in this respect to the disclosure of these documentsin their entirety. Suitable carrier materials include for example clays,clay minerals, such as kaolinite, diatomaceous earth, perlite, silica,aluminum oxide, sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, cellulose powder,anion exchanger materials, synthetic polymers, such as polystyrene,acrylic resins, phenol formaldehyde resins, polyurethanes andpolyolefins, such as polyethylene and polypropylene. For making thesupported enzymes, the carrier materials are usually employed in afinely-divided, particulate form, porous forms being preferred. Theparticle size of the carrier material is usually not more than 5 mm, inparticular not more than 2 mm (particle-size distribution curve).Similarly, when using dehydrogenase as whole-cell catalyst, a free orimmobilized form can be selected. Carrier materials are e.g.Ca-alginate, and carrageenan. Enzymes as well as cells can also becrosslinked directly with glutaraldehyde (cross-linking to CLEAs).Corresponding and other immobilization techniques are described forexample in J. Lalonde and A. Margolin “Immobilization of Enzymes” in K.Drauz and H. Waldmann, Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Synthesis 2002, Vol.III, 991-1032, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. Further information onbiotransformations and bioreactors for carrying out methods according tothe invention are also given for example in Rehm et al. (Ed.)Biotechnology, 2nd Edn, Vol 3, Chapter 17, VCH, Weinheim.

i. Reaction Conditions for Biocatalytic Production Methods of theInvention

The reaction of the present invention may be performed under in vivo orin vitro conditions.

The at least one polypeptide/enzyme which is present during a method ofthe invention or an individual step of a multistep-method as definedherein above, can be present in living cells naturally or recombinantlyproducing the enzyme or enzymes, in harvested cells. i.e. under in vivoconditions, or, in dead cells, in permeabilized cells, in crude cellextracts, in purified extracts, or in essentially pure or completelypure form, i.e. under in vitro conditions. The at least one enzyme maybe present in solution or as an enzyme immobilized on a carrier. One orseveral enzymes may simultaneously be present in soluble and/orimmobilised form.

The methods according to the invention can be performed in commonreactors, which are known to those skilled in the art, and in differentranges of scale, e.g. from a laboratory scale (few millilitres to dozensof litres of reaction volume) to an industrial scale (several litres tothousands of cubic meters of reaction volume). If the polypeptide isused in a form encapsulated by non-living, optionally permeabilizedcells, in the form of a more or less purified cell extract or inpurified form, a chemical reactor can be used. The chemical reactorusually allows controlling the amount of the at least one enzyme, theamount of the at least one substrate, the pH, the temperature and thecirculation of the reaction medium. When the at least onepolypeptide/enzyme is present in living cells, the process will be afermentation. In this case the biocatalytic production will take placein a bioreactor (fermenter), where parameters necessary for suitableliving conditions for the living cells (e.g. culture medium withnutrients, temperature, aeration, presence or absence of oxygen or othergases, antibiotics, and the like) can be controlled. Those skilled inthe art are familiar with chemical reactors or bioreactors, e.g. withprocedures for up-scaling chemical or biotechnological methods fromlaboratory scale to industrial scale, or for optimizing processparameters, which are also extensively described in the literature (forbiotechnological methods see e.g. Crueger and Crueger,Biotechnologie—Lehrbuch der angewandten Mikrobiologie, 2. Ed., R.Oldenbourg Verlag, Munchen, Wien, 1984).

Cells containing the at least one enzyme can be permeabilized byphysical or mechanical means, such as ultrasound or radiofrequencypulses, French presses, or chemical means, such as hypotonic media,lytic enzymes and detergents present in the medium, or combination ofsuch methods. Examples for detergents are digitonin, n-dodecylmaltoside,octylglycoside, Triton® X-100, Tween® 20, deoxycholate, CHAPS(3-[(3-Cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propansulfonate), Nonidet® P40(Ethylphenolpoly(ethyleneglycolether), and the like.

Instead of living cells biomass of non-living cells containing therequired biocatalyst(s) may be applied of the biotransformationreactions of the invention as well.

If the at least one enzyme is immobilised, it is attached to an inertcarrier as described above.

The conversion reaction can be carried out batch wise, semi-batch wiseor continuously. Reactants (and optionally nutrients) can be supplied atthe start of reaction or can be supplied subsequently, eithersemi-continuously or continuously.

The reaction of the invention, depending on the particular reactiontype, may be performed in an aqueous, aqueous-organic or non-aqueousreaction medium.

An aqueous or aqueous-organic medium may contain a suitable buffer inorder to adjust the pH to a value in the range of 5 to 11, like 6 to 10.

In an aqueous-organic medium an organic solvent miscible, partlymiscible or immiscible with water may be applied. Non-limiting examplesof suitable organic solvents are listed below. Further examples aremono- or polyhydric, aromatic or aliphatic alcohols, in particularpolyhydric aliphatic alcohols like glycerol.

The non-aqueous medium may contain is substantially free of water, i.e.will contain less that about 1 wt.-% or 0.5 wt.-% of water.

Biocatalytic methods may also be performed in an organic non-aqueousmedium. As suitable organic solvents there may be mentioned aliphatichydrocarbons having for example 5 to 8 carbon atoms, like pentane,cyclopentane, hexane, cyclohexane, heptane, octane or cyclooctane;aromatic carbohydrates, like benzene, toluene, xylenes, chlorobenzene ordichlorobenzene, aliphatic acyclic and ethers, like diethylether,methyl-tert.-butylether, ethyl-tert.-butylether, dipropylether,diisopropylether, dibutylether; or mixtures thereof.

The concentration of the reactants/substrates may be adapted to theoptimum reaction conditions, which may depend on the specific enzymeapplied. For example, the initial substrate concentration may be in the0.1 to 0.5 M, as for example 10 to 100 mM.

The reaction temperature may be adapted to the optimum reactionconditions, which may depend on the specific enzyme applied. Forexample, the reaction may be performed at a temperature in a range offrom 0 to 70° C., as for example 20 to 50 or 25 to 40° C. Examples forreaction temperatures are about 30° C., about 35° C., about 37° C.,about 40° C., about 45° C., about 50° C., about 55° C. and about 60° C.

The process may proceed until equilibrium between the substrate and thenproduct(s) is achieved, but may be stopped earlier. Usual process timesare in the range from 1 minute to 25 hours, in particular 10 min to 6hours, as for example in the range from 1 hour to 4 hours, in particular1.5 hours to 3.5 hours. These parameters are non-limiting examples ofsuitable process conditions.

If the host is a transgenic plant, optimal growth conditions can beprovided, such as optimal light, water and nutrient conditions, forexample.

k. Product Isolation

The methodology of the present invention can further include a step ofrecovering an end or intermediate product, optionally instereoisomerically or enantiomerically substantially pure form. The term“recovering” includes extracting, harvesting, isolating or purifying thecompound from culture or reaction media. Recovering the compound can beperformed according to any conventional isolation or purificationmethodology known in the art including, but not limited to, treatmentwith a conventional resin (e.g., anion or cation exchange resin,non-ionic adsorption resin, etc.), treatment with a conventionaladsorbent (e.g., activated charcoal, silicic acid, silica gel,cellulose, alumina, etc.), alteration of pH, solvent extraction (e.g.,with a conventional solvent such as an alcohol, ethyl acetate, hexaneand the like), distillation, dialysis, filtration, concentration,crystallization, recrystallization, pH adjustment, lyophilization andthe like.

Identity and purity of the isolated product may be determined by knowntechniques, like High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), gaschromatography (GC), Spektroskopy (like IR, UV, NMR), Colouring methods,TLC, NIRS, enzymatic or microbial assays. (see for example: Patek et al.(1994) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:133-140; Malakhova et al. (1996)Biotekhnologiya 11 27-32; and Schmidt et al. (1998) Bioprocess Engineer.19:67-70. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (1996) Bd. A27,VCH: Weinheim, S. 89-90, S. 521-540, S. 540-547, S. 559-566, 575-581 andS. 581-587; Michal, G (1999) Biochemical Pathways: An Atlas ofBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Wiley and Sons; Fallon, A. etal. (1987) Applications of HPLC in Biochemistry in: LaboratoryTechniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bd. 17.)

The cyclic terpene compound produced in any of the method describedherein can be converted to derivatives such as, but not limited tohydrocarbons, esters, amides, glycosides, ethers, epoxides, aldehydes,ketons, alcohols, diols, acetals or ketals. The terpene compoundderivatives can be obtained by a chemical method such as, but notlimited to oxidation, reduction, alkylation, acylation and/orrearrangement. Alternatively, the terpene compound derivatives can beobtained using a biochemical method by contacting the terpene compoundwith an enzyme such as, but not limited to an oxidoreductase, amonooxygenase, a dioxygenase, a transferase. The biochemical conversioncan be performed in-vitro using isolated enzymes, enzymes from lysedcells or in-vivo using whole cells.

l. Fermentative Production of Terpene/Terpenoid Compounds, Like LabdaneType Compounds

The invention also relates to methods for the fermentative production ofterpene/terpenoid compounds like labdane type compounds.

A fermentation as used according to the present invention can, forexample, be performed in stirred fermenters, bubble columns and loopreactors. A comprehensive overview of the possible method typesincluding stirrer types and geometric designs can be found in “Chmiel:Bioprozesstechnik: Einführung in die Bioverfahrenstechnik, Band 1”. Inthe process of the invention, typical variants available are thefollowing variants known to those skilled in the art or explained, forexample, in “Chmiel, Hammes and Bailey: Biochemical Engineering”, suchas batch, fed-batch, repeated fed-batch or else continuous fermentationwith and without recycling of the biomass. Depending on the productionstrain, sparging with air, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen orappropriate gas mixtures may be effected in order to achieve good yield(YP/S).

The culture medium that is to be used must satisfy the requirements ofthe particular strains in an appropriate manner. Descriptions of culturemedia for various microorganisms are given in the handbook “Manual ofMethods for General Bacteriology” of the American Society forBacteriology (Washington D. C., USA, 1981).

These media that can be used according to the invention may comprise oneor more sources of carbon, sources of nitrogen, inorganic salts,vitamins and/or trace elements.

Preferred sources of carbon are sugars, such as mono-, di- orpolysaccharides. Very good sources of carbon are for example glucose,fructose, mannose, galactose, ribose, sorbose, ribulose, lactose,maltose, sucrose, raffinose, starch or cellulose. Sugars can also beadded to the media via complex compounds, such as molasses, or otherby-products from sugar refining. It may also be advantageous to addmixtures of various sources of carbon. Other possible sources of carbonare oils and fats such as soybean oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil andcoconut oil, fatty acids such as palmitic acid, stearic acid or linoleicacid, alcohols such as glycerol, methanol or ethanol and organic acidssuch as acetic acid or lactic acid.

Sources of nitrogen are usually organic or inorganic nitrogen compoundsor materials containing these compounds. Examples of sources of nitrogeninclude ammonia gas or ammonium salts, such as ammonium sulfate,ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium carbonate or ammoniumnitrate, nitrates, urea, amino acids or complex sources of nitrogen,such as corn-steep liquor, soybean flour, soy-bean protein, yeastextract, meat extract and others. The sources of nitrogen can be usedseparately or as a mixture.

Inorganic salt compounds that may be present in the media comprise thechloride, phosphate or sulfate salts of calcium, magnesium, sodium,cobalt, molybdenum, potassium, manganese, zinc, copper and iron.

Inorganic sulfur-containing compounds, for example sulfates, sulfites,di-thionites, tetrathionates, thiosulfates, sulfides, but also organicsulfur compounds, such as mercaptans and thiols, can be used as sourcesof sulfur.

Phosphoric acid, potassium dihydrogenphosphate or dipotassiumhydrogenphosphate or the corresponding sodium-containing salts can beused as sources of phosphorus.

Chelating agents can be added to the medium, in order to keep the metalions in solution. Especially suitable chelating agents comprisedihydroxyphenols, such as catechol or protocatechuate, or organic acids,such as citric acid.

The fermentation media used according to the invention may also containother growth factors, such as vitamins or growth promoters, whichinclude for example biotin, riboflavin, thiamine, folic acid, nicotinicacid, pantothenate and pyridoxine. Growth factors and salts often comefrom complex components of the media, such as yeast extract, molasses,corn-steep liquor and the like. In addition, suitable precursors can beadded to the culture medium. The precise composition of the compounds inthe medium is strongly dependent on the particular experiment and mustbe decided individually for each specific case. Information on mediaoptimization can be found in the textbook “Applied Microbiol.Physiology, A Practical Approach” (1997) Growing media can also beobtained from commercial suppliers, such as Standard 1 (Merck) or BHI(Brain heart infusion, DIFCO) etc.

All components of the medium are sterilized, either by heating (20 minat 1.5 bar and 121° C.) or by sterile filtration. The components can besterilized either together, or if necessary separately. All thecomponents of the medium can be present at the start of growing, oroptionally can be added continuously or by batch feed.

The temperature of the culture is normally between 15° C. and 45° C.,preferably 25° C. to 40° C. and can be kept constant or can be variedduring the experiment. The pH value of the medium should be in the rangefrom 5 to 8.5, preferably around 7.0. The pH value for growing can becontrolled during growing by adding basic compounds such as sodiumhydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonia or ammonia water or acidcompounds such as phosphoric acid or sulfuric acid. Antifoaming agents,e.g. fatty acid polyglycol esters, can be used for controlling foaming.To maintain the stability of plasmids, suitable substances withselective action, e.g. antibiotics, can be added to the medium. Oxygenor oxygen-containing gas mixtures, e.g. the ambient air, are fed intothe culture in order to maintain aerobic conditions. The temperature ofthe culture is normally from 20° C. to 45° C. Culture is continued untila maximum of the desired product has formed. This is normally achievedwithin 1 hour to 160 hours.

The methodology of the present invention can further include a step ofrecovering said terpene alcohol.

The term “recovering” includes extracting, harvesting, isolating orpurifying the compound from culture media. Recovering the compound canbe performed according to any conventional isolation or purificationmethodology known in the art including, but not limited to, treatmentwith a conventional resin (e.g., anion or cation exchange resin,non-ionic adsorption resin, etc.), treatment with a conventionaladsorbent (e.g., activated charcoal, silicic acid, silica gel,cellulose, alumina, etc.), alteration of pH, solvent extraction (e.g.,with a conventional solvent such as an alcohol, ethyl acetate, hexaneand the like), distillation, dialysis, filtration, concentration,crystallization, recrystallization, pH adjustment, lyophilization andthe like.

Before the intended isolation the biomass of the broth can be removed.Processes for removing the biomass are known to those skilled in theart, for example filtration, sedimentation and flotation. Consequently,the biomass can be removed, for example, with centrifuges, separators,decanters, filters or in flotation apparatus. For maximum recovery ofthe product of value, washing of the biomass is often advisable, forexample in the form of a diafiltration. The selection of the method isdependent upon the biomass content in the fermenter broth and theproperties of the biomass, and also the interaction of the biomass withthe product of value.

In one embodiment, the fermentation broth can be sterilized orpasteurized. In a further embodiment, the fermentation broth isconcentrated. Depending on the requirement, this concentration can bedone batch wise or continuously. The pressure and temperature rangeshould be selected such that firstly no product damage occurs, andsecondly minimal use of apparatus and energy is necessary. The skillfulselection of pressure and temperature levels for a multistageevaporation in particular enables saving of energy.

The following examples are illustrative only and are not intended tolimit the scope of the embodiments an embodiments described herein.

The numerous possible variations that will become immediately evident toa person skilled in the art after heaving considered the disclosureprovided herein also fall within the scope of the invention.

Experimental Part

The invention will now be described in further detail by way of thefollowing Examples.

a) Materials

Unless otherwise stated, all chemical and biochemical materials andmicroorganisms or cells employed herein are commercially availableproducts.

Unless otherwise specified, recombinant proteins are cloned andexpressed by standard methods, such as, for example, as described bySambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T., Molecular cloning: ALaboratory Manual, 2^(nd) Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989.

b) General Methods Cell Free Protein Fractions Preparation.

The expression vectors were transformed into E. coli KRX cells (PromegaCorporation, Madison, Wis., USA) and the transformed cells were selectedon LB medium plates supplemented with the appropriate antibiotic. Thecells were then grown in 25 mL liquid LB medium supplemented with theappropriate antibiotic at 37° C. to an OD of 1. The expression of therecombinant proteins was induced with 1 mMisopropyl-1-thio-β-D-galactopyranoside and 0.1% (w/v) L-rhamnosemonohydrate, and the cells were incubated 24 hours at 25° C. withmoderate shaking.

The bacterial cells were harvested by centrifugation (5000 g, 12 min)and disrupted by sonication (Sonics, Vibra cell X 130 sonicator equippedwith a 6 mm diameter tip microprobe; 3 times 20 second 20 kHz pulses at80% of maximum power) on ice, in 1.8 mL of 50 mM MOPSO buffer pH 7.4containing 15% glycerol. The lysates were cleared by centrifugation(3500 g, 8 min, 4° C.) and the resulting supernatants were stored frozenand used as the enzyme source for in vitro assays.

In Vitro Enzyme Assays.

The protein fractions containing one of the recombinant proteins wasincubated 4 hours at 24° C. with shaking at 230 rpm in assays consistingof 20 μl of cell-free extract, 160 to 320 mg/L of substrate (using a 40g/L substrate stock solution in DMSO), 1 mM of cofactor wheneverrelevant, and 50 mM MOPSO pH 7.4 in a final volume of 0.5 to 1 mL inborosilicate glass and PTFE sealed screw-capped tubes (11 mL capacity)(Wheaton, Millville, N.J. 08332 USA). Assays were extracted with 1volume of methyl-tert-butyl-ether (MTBE) and analyzed by GC-MS asdescribed below.

Whole-Cell Bioconversion Assays.

Bioconversions of compounds were performed using E. coli cellsexpressing recombinant enzymes. The expression vectors are transformedinto E. coli KRX cells (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA) and thetransformed cells were selected on LB medium plates supplemented withthe appropriate antibiotic. The cells were first cultivated overnight at30° C. in 5 mL LB medium supplemented 1% glucose and with theappropriate antibiotic. The next day, 20 mL of TB medium (TerrificBroth) supplemented with the appropriate antibiotic were inoculated withan initial optical density of 0.2 to 0.75. The culture were incubated inshake flasks at 37° C. until an optical density of 1 to 4 was reachedand the expression of the recombinant proteins was induced by theaddition of 0.1 mM isopropyl-1-thio-β-D-galactopyranoside IPTG and 0.1%rhamnose. The cultures were then distributed in 0.5 to 1 mL aliquotes in12 mL glass tubes and incubated at 20° C. with moderate shaking.

The substrate was added to each tube 90 minutes after induction of theexpression of the recombinant protein. The substrate was either added toa final concentration of 0.25 to 1 g/L using a 40 g/L stock solution inDMSO. Alternatively, an emulsion was prepared containing 150 mg/mL ofTween® 80 (Sigma-Aldrich) and 300 mg/mL of substrate in water and addedto the assays to reach a final concentration of 12 mg/mL of substrate.

After 8 to 48 hours of incubation, the cultures were extracted with onevolume of MTBE and analyzed by GC-MS as described below.

Cultivation of Engineered Bacteria Cells Under Conditions EnablingProduction of Terpene Compounds.

The DP1205 E. coli cells were transformed with one or two expressionplasmids carrying terpene biosynthesis genes and/or terpene modificationenzymes and the transformed cells were cultured with the appropriateantibiotics (kanamycin (50 μg/mL) and/or chloramphenicol (34 μg/mL)) onLB-agarose plates. Single colonies were used to inoculate 5 mL liquid LBmedium supplemented with the same antibiotics, 4 g/L glucose and 10%(v/v) dodecane. The next day 2 mL of TB medium supplemented with thesame antibiotics and 10% (v/v) dodecane were inoculated with 0.2 mL ofthe overnight culture. The cultures were incubated at 37° C. until anoptical density of 3 was reached. The expression of the recombinantproteins was then induced by addition of 1 mM IPTG and the cultures wereincubated for 72 h at 20° C.

The cultures were then extracted with one volume of (MTBE) and thecomposition of the organic phase was analyzed by GC-MS as describedbelow. For quantification an internal standard (α-longipinene (Aldrich))was added to the extract prior to GC-MS analysis and concentrations ofthe components were estimated based on comparison of the peak areas.

GC-MS Analysis Methods.

Samples of whole cell bioconversion assays were analyzed using anAgilent 7890A GC system coupled with a 5975C series Mass SelectiveDetector (MSD) and equipped with a split/splitless injector (AgilentTechnologies, CA).

The GC inlet temperature was set to 230° C. and 1.0 μL of sample wasinjected in split mode (split ratio 20:1) and analyzed on a DB-5 mscapillary column (30 m×0.25 mm inner diameter×0.25 μm film thickness;Agilent J&W) using helium as a carrier gas at a constant flow of 1mL/min. The initial temperature of the oven was set at 80° C. and wasprogrammed to 240° C. (10° C./min; hold 1 min) and then to 300° C. (20°C./min; hold 1 min).

Samples of in vitro assays were analyzed using an Agilent 6890N GCsystem coupled with a 5975 series Mass Selective Detector (MSD) andequipped with a split/splitless injector (Agilent Technologies, CA) anda CombiPAL autosampler (CTC Analytics, Zwingen, Switzerland) injectionsystem. The GC inlet temperature was set to 250° C. and 1.0 μL of samplewas injected in pulsed-splitless mode (pulse pressure 1.56 bar, pulsetime 0.6 min) and analyzed on a DB-1 ms capillary column (30 m×0.25 mminner diameter×0.25 μm film thickness; Agilent J&W) using helium as acarrier gas at a constant flow of 1.2 mL/min. The initial temperature ofthe oven was set at 100° C. (hold 1 min) and was programmed to 260° C.(10 to 20° C./min) and then to 300° C. (30° C./min; hold 1 min). Forsmaller molecular mass compounds, the same conditions were used foranalysis except that the oven initial temperature was lowered down to80° C.

Engineering of Recombinant Strains for Degradation of Terpene Compounds.

Recombinant strains capable of producing or converting compounds wereengineered by introducing nucleotide sequences encoding for one or moreof the following proteins:

-   -   a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) selected from    -   SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra (SEQ ID NO: 2),    -   SCH24-BVMO1 from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 6),    -   SCH25-BVMO1 from Papiliotrema laurentii (SEQ ID NO: 10), and    -   SCH46-BVMO1 from Bensingtonia ciliata (SEQ ID NO: 13);    -   an esterase selected from    -   SCH23-EST from Hyphozyma roseonigra (SEQ ID NO: 20),    -   SCH24-EST from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 24),    -   SCH25-EST from Papiliotrema laurentii (SEQ ID NO: 28); and    -   an enal-cleaving enzyme (lyase) selected from    -   SCH94-3944 Rhodococcus erythropolis (SEQ ID NO: 34),    -   SCH80-05241 Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 38),    -   Pdigit7033 Penicillium digitatum (SEQ ID NO: 42),    -   PitalDUF4334-1 Penicillium italicum (SEQ ID NO: 46),    -   AspWeDUF4334 Aspergillus wentii (SEQ ID NO: 49),    -   RhoagDUF4334-2 Rhodococcus hoagii strain PAM2288 (SEQ ID NO:        53),    -   RhoagDUF4334-3 Rhodococcus hoagii strain N128 (SEQ ID NO: 56),    -   RhoagDUF4334-4 Rhodococcus hoagii NBRC 10125 (SEQ ID NO: 59),    -   CnecaDUF4334 Cupriavidus necator (SEQ ID NO: 62),    -   Rins-DUF4334 Ralstonia insidiosa (SEQ ID NO: 69),    -   CgatDUF4334 Cryptococcus gattii EJB2 (SEQ ID NO: 72),    -   GclavDUF4334 Grosmannia clavigera kw1407 (SEQ ID NO: 75),    -   TcurvaDUF4334 Thermomonospora curvata (SEQ ID NO:81),    -   PprotDUF4334 Pseudomonas protegees (SEQ ID NO: 87),

Bacterial host cells for in vitro enzyme assays or whole cellbioconversion assays were selected from E. coli KRX cells (PromegaCorporation, Madison, Wis., USA) and E. coli BL21 Star™ (DE3) cells(ThermoFisher).

For the biochemical production of terpene compounds using one or moreenzyme(s) selected from the enzymes listed above, the host cell wasengineered to produce increased amounts of farnesyl-pyrophosphate (FPP)using a mevalonate enzyme pathway and was further transformed to expresssesquiterpene or diterpene biosynthesis enzymes.

Engineering of a Recombinant E. coli Strain for Production of FPP byChromosomal Integration of the Genes Encoding Mevalonate PathwayEnzymes.

An E. coli strain was engineered to produce farnesyl-pyrophosphate (FPP)by chromosomal integration of recombinant genes encoding mevalonatepathway enzymes. See also construction scheme and recombination eventsdepicted in FIG. 1 .

An upper pathway operon (operon 1 from acetyl-CoA to mevalonate) wasdesigned consisting of the atoB gene from E. coli encoding anacetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, and the mvaA and mvaS genes fromStaphylococcus aureus encoding a HMG-CoA synthase and a HMG-CoAreductase, respectively.

As a lower mevalonate pathway operon (operon 2 from mevalonate tofarnesyl pyrophosphate), a natural operon from the gram-negativebacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae was selected, encoding a mevalonatekinase (mvaK1), a phosphomevalonate kinase (mvaK2), a phosphomevalonatedecarboxylase (mvaD), and an isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (fni).

A codon optimized Saccharomyces cerevisiae FPP synthase encoding gene(ERG20) was introduced at the 3′-end of the upper pathway operon toconvert isopentenyl-diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl-diphosphate(DMAPP) into FPP.

The above described operons were synthesized by DNA 2.0 and integratedinto the araA gene of the Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3). Theheterologous pathway was introduced in two separate recombination stepsusing the CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering system. The first operon (lowerpathway; operon 2) to be integrated carries a spectinomycin (Spec)marker which was used to screen for Spec resistant candidate integrants.The second operon was designed to displace the Spec marker of thepreviously integrated operon and was accordingly screened for Speccandidate integrants following the second recombination event (see FIG.1 ). Guide RNA expression vectors targeting the araA gene were designedand synthetized by DNA 2.0. PCR was used to verify operon integration bydesigning PCR primers to amplify across the araA gene integration targetand across recombination junctions of integrants. One clone yieldingcorrect PCR results was then fully sequenced and archived as strainDP1205.

Engineering of recombinant bacterial cells for the production ofcopalol.

An operon was constructed containing two cDNAs encoding for:

-   -   AspWeTPP, a protein with terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase        activity from Aspergillus wentii (SEQ ID NO: 170) (GenBank        accession OJJ34585.1) having the ability to dephosphorylate        terpenyl diphosphate compounds, like copalyl PP; and    -   PvCPS, a protein having prenyl-transferase and        copalyl-diphosphate synthase activites from Talaromyces        verruculosus (SED ID NO: 173) (GenBank accession BBF88128.1).        PvCPS catalyzes the production of copalyl PP from IPP and DMAPP.

The cDNAs encoding for AspWeTPP and PvCPS were codon optimized (SEQ IDNOs: 171 and 174). An operon was designed containing the two cDNAs andan RBS sequence (AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQ ID NO: 196) placed upstream of thecDNAs. The operon was synthesized and cloned into the pJ401 expressionplasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providing the plasmid pJ401-CPOL-4.

Transformation of E. coli cells such as the DP1205 E. coli cells withthe plasmid pJ401-CPOL-4 provides recombinant cells capable of producingcopalol when cultivated under conditions enabling production of terpenecompounds.

Engineering of Recombinant Bacteria Cells for the Production of Copalal.

An operon was constructed containing 3 cDNAs encoding for:

-   -   AspWeTPP, a protein with terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase        activity from Aspergillus wentii (SEQ ID NO: 170) (GenBank        accession OJJ34585.1) having the ability to dephosphorylate        terpenyl diphosphate compounds, like copalyl PP;    -   AzTolADH1, a protein with alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity        from Azoarcus toluclasticus (SEQ ID NO: 167) (GenBank accession        WP 018990713.1), having the ability to oxidize terpene alcohols        like copalol to the respective carbonyl compound like copalal;        and    -   PvCPS, a protein having prenyl-transferase and        copalyl-diphosphate synthase activites from Talaromyces        verruculosus (SEQ ID NO: 173) (GenBank accession BBF88128.1)        having the ability to produce cyclic terpenyl diphosphate        compounds, like copalyl diphosphate, from IPP and DMAPP.

The cDNAs encoding for AspWeTPP, AzTolADH1 and PvCPS were codonoptimized (SEQ ID NOs: 171, 168 and 174). An operon was designedcontaining successively the three cDNAs and an RBS sequence(AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQ ID NO: 196) placed upstream of each cDNA. Theoperon was synthesized and cloned into the pJ401 expression plasmid(ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providing the plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1.

Transformation of E. coli cells such as the DP1205 E. coli cells withthe plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1 provides recombinant cells capable of producingcopalal when cultivated under conditions enabling production of terpenecompounds.

Engineering of Recombinant Bacteria Cells for the Production ofFarnesal.

An operon was constructed containing two cDNAs encoding for:

-   -   TalCeTPP, a protein with terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase        activity from Talaromyces cellulolyticus (GenBank: GAM42000.1)        (SEQ ID NO: 176) having the ability to dephosphorylate terpenyl        diphosphate compounds, like farnesyl diphosphate; and    -   CdGeoA, a protein with alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity from        Castellaniella defragrans (NCBI accession WP_043683915.1) (SEQ        ID NO: 179) having the ability to oxidize terpene alcohols like        farnesol to the respective carbonyl compound like farnesal.

The cDNAs encoding for TalCeTPP and CdGeoA were codon optimized (SEQ IDNOs: 177 and 180). An operon was designed containing successively thetwo cDNAs and an RBS sequence (AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQ ID NO: 196) placedupstream of each cDNA. The operon was synthesized and cloned into thepJ401 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providing the plasmidpJ401-FAL-1.

Transformation of E. coli cells such as the DP1205 E. coli cells withthe plasmid pJ401-FAL-1 provides recombinant cells capable of producingfarnesal when cultivated under conditions enabling production of terpenecompounds.

Engineering of Recombinant Bacteria Cells for the Production ofLabdendiol.

An operon was constructed containing three cDNAs encoding for:

-   -   TalVeTPP, a protein with terpenyl diphosphate phosphatase        activity from Talaromyces verruculosus (Genbank accession        KUL89334.1) (SEQ ID NO: 194); having the ability to        dephosphorylate terpenyl diphosphate compounds, like labdenediol        PP    -   SsLPS, a protein with labdendiol-phyrophosphate (LPP) synthase        activity from Salvia sclarea (Genbank accession AET21247.1) (SEQ        ID NO: 188) having the ability to produce cyclic terpenyl        diphosphate compounds, like labdenediol diphosphate, from GGPP;        and    -   CrtE, a geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase from Pantoea        agglomerans (GenBank accession AAA24819.1) (SEQ ID NO: 191)        having the ability to produce GGPP from FPP.

The cDNAs encoding for TalVeTPP, SsLPS and CrtE were codon optimized(SEQ ID NOs: 195, 189 and 192). An operon was designed containingsuccessively the three cDNAs and an RBS sequence (AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQID NO: 196) placed upstream of each cDNA. The operon was synthesized andcloned in the pJ401 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providingthe plasmid pJ401-LOH-2.

Transformation of E. coli cells such as the DP1205 E. coli cells withthe plasmid pJ401-LOH-2 provides recombinant cells capable of producinglabdendiol when cultivated under conditions enabling production ofterpene compounds.

Transformation, Selection and Cultivation of Yeast Cells.

All yeast cell transformations were performed with the lithium acetateprotocol as described in Gietz and Woods, Methods Enzymol., 2002,350:87-96. Transformation mixtures were plated on SmUra- or SmLeu-mediaplates containing 6.7 g/L of Yeast Nitrogen Base without amino acids (BDDifco, New Jersey, USA), 1.92 g/L Dropout supplement without uracil(Sigma Aldrich, Missouri, USA) or 1.6 g/L Dropout supplement withoutleucine (Sigma Aldrich, Missouri, USA), 20 g/L glucose and 20 g/L agar.Plates were incubated for 3-4 days at 30° C.

Engineering of Yeast Cells for an Increased Level of EndogenousFarnesyl-Diphosphate.

To increase the level of endogenous farnesyl-diphosphate (FPP) pool inS. cerevisiae cells, an extra copy of all yeast endogenous genesinvolved in the mevalonate pathway, from ERG10 coding for acetyl-CoAC-acetyltransferase to ERG20 coding for FPP synthetase, were integratedinto the genome of the S. cerevisiae strain CEN.PK2-1C (Euroscarf,Frankfurt, Germany) under the control of galactose-inducible promoters,similarly as described in Paddon et al., Nature, 2013, 496:528-532.Briefly, three cassettes were integrated in the LEU2, TRP1 and URA3 locirespectively. A first cassette contained the genes ERG20 and a truncatedHMG1 (tHMG1 as described in Donald et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1997,109:E111-8) under the control of the bidirectional promoter ofGAL10/GAL1 and the genes ERG19 and ERG13 also under the control of theGAL10/GAL1 promoter. The cassette was flanked by two 100 nucleotidesregions corresponding to the up- and down-stream sections of LEU2. Asecond cassette contained the genes IDI1 and tHMG1 which were under thecontrol of the GAL10/GAL1 promoter and the gene ERG13 under the controlof the promoter region of GAL7. The cassette was flanked by two 100nucleotides regions corresponding to the up- and down-stream sections ofTRP1. A third cassette contained the genes ERG10, ERG12, tHMG1 and ERG8,all under the control of GAL10/GAL1 promoters. The cassette was flankedby two 100 nucleotides regions corresponding to the up- and down-streamsections of URA3. All genes in the three cassettes included 200nucleotides of their own terminator regions. Also, an extra copy of GAL4under the control of a mutated version of its own promoter, as describedin Griggs and Johnston, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1991, 88:8597-8601, wasintegrated upstream of the ERG9 promoter region. In addition, theexpression of ERG9 was modified by promoter exchange. The GAL7, GAL10and GAL1 genes were deleted using a cassette containing the HIS3 genewith its own promoter and terminator. The resulting strain was matedwith the strain CEN.PK2-1D (Euroscarf, Frankfurt, Germany) obtaining adiploid strain termed YST045 which was induced for sporulation accordingto Solis-Escalante et al., FEMS Yeast Res, 2015, 15:2. Spore separationwas achieved by resuspension of asci in 200 μL 0.5M sorbitol with 2 μLzymolyase (1000 U mL⁻¹, Zymo research, Irvine, Calif.) and incubation at37° C. for 20 minutes. The mixture was then plated on media containing20 g/L peptone, 10 g/L yeast extract and 20 g/L agar, and one germinatedspore was isolated and termed YST075.

Engineering of Recombinant Yeast Cells for the Production of Copalol.

For copalol production, expression of the GGPP synthase carG (fromBlakeslea trispora, NCBI accession JQ289995.1) (SEQ ID NO: 182), thecopalyl-pyrophosphate synthase SmCPS2 (from Salvia miltiorrhiza, NCBIaccession ABV57835.1) (SEQ ID NO: 185) and the copalyl-pyrophosphatephosphatase TalVeTPP (from Talaromyces verruculosus, NCBI accessionKUL89334.1) (SEQ ID NO: 194) in the different engineered yeast cells wasachieved with a plasmid system constructed in vivo using yeastendogenous homologous recombination as previously described in Kuijperset al., Microb Cell Fact, 2013, 12:47. The plasmid is composed of sixDNA fragments which were used for S. cerevisiae co-transformation. Thefragments were:

-   -   a) LEU2 yeast marker, constructed by PCR using the primers        5′-AGGTGCAGTTCGCGTGCAATTATAACGTCGTGGCAACTGTTATCAGTCG        TACCGCGCCATTCGACTACGTCGTAAGGCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 124) and        5′-TCGTGGTCAAGGCGTGCAATTCTCAACACGAGAGTGATTCTTCGGCGTT        GTTGCTGACCATCGACGGTCGAGGAGAACTT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 125) with the        plasmid pESC-LEU (Agilent Technologies, California, USA) as        template;    -   b) AmpR E. coli marker, constructed by PCR using the primers        5′-TGGTCAGCAACAACGCCGAAGAATCACTCTCGTGTTGAGAATTGCACG        CCTTGACCACGACACGTTAAGGGATTTTGGTCATGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 126) and        5′-AACGCGTACCCTAAGTACGGCACCACAGTGACTATGCAGTCCGCACTTT        GCCAATGCCAAAAATGTGCGCGGAACCCCTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 127) with the        plasmid pESC-URA as template;    -   c) Yeast origin of replication, obtained by PCR using the        primers 5′-TTGGCATTGGCAAAGTGCGGACTGCATAGTCACTGTGGTGCCGTACTTA        GGGTACGCGTTCCTGAACGAAGCATCTGTGCTTCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 128) and        5′-CCGAGATGCCAAAGGATAGGTGCTATGTTGATGACTACGACACAGAAC        TGCGGGTGACATAATGATAGCATTGAAGGATGAGACT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 129) with        pESC-URA as template;    -   d) E. coli replication origin, obtained by PCR using the primers        5′-ATGTCACCCGCAGTTCTGTGTCGTAGTCATCAACATAGCACCTATCCTT        TGGCATCTCGGTGAGCAAAAGGCCAGCAAAAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 130) and        5′-CTCAGATGTACGGTGATCGCCACCATGTGACGGAAGCTATCCTGACAGT        GTAGCAAGTGCTGAGCGTCAGACCCCGTAGAA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 131) with the        plasmid pESC-URA as template;    -   e) a fragment composed by the last 60 nucleotides of the        fragment “d”, 200 nucleotides downstream the stop codon of the        yeast gene PGK1, the GGPP synthase coding sequence carG, the        bidirectional yeast promoter of GAL10/GAL1, the coding sequence        of TalVeTPP, 200 nucleotides downstream the stop codon of the        yeast gene CYC1 and the sequence        5′-ATTCCTAGTGACGGCCTTGGGAACTCGATACACGATGTTCAGTAGACCG        CTCACACATGG-3′(SEQ ID NO: 132), this fragment was obtained by        DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025) and    -   f) a fragment composed by the last 60 nucleotides of fragment        “e”, 200 nucleotides downstream the stop codon of the yeast gene        CYC1, the SmCPS2 copalyl-pyrophosphate synthase coding sequence,        the bidirectional yeast promoter of GAL10/GAL1 and 60        nucleotides corresponding to the beginning of the fragment “a”,        this fragment was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park,        Calif. 94025).        Optionally, the GGPP synthase carG and the copalyl-pyrophosphate        synthase were replaced by the bi-functional PvCPS.

Engineering of Recombinant Yeast Cells for the Production of Manooloxy.

For degradation of copalol to manooloxy using different alcoholdehydrogenases (ADHs), Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) andesterases (ESTs), genome integrations in the strain YST075 wereperformed. Each integration cassette was formed by four fragments:

-   -   1) A fragment containing 658 bp corresponding to the upstream        section of the NDT80 gene and the sequence        5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTT        GAGACTCTCGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 121), this fragment was obtained by        PCR with genomic DNA from the strain YST075 as template;    -   2) a fragment containing the sequence        5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTT        GAGACTCTCGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 121), the CYC1 terminator region, one        of the genes coding for a BVMO, the intergenic region between        GAL1 and GAL10 genes, one of the genes encoding for an esterase,        the terminator region of the ADH1 gene and the sequence        5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATAC        ACCAGTCTTAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 122), this fragment was obtained by        DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025),    -   3) a fragment containing the sequence        5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATAC        ACCAGTCTTAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 122), the PGK1 terminator region,        one of the genes encoding for an alcohol dehydrogenase, the        promoter region of the genes GAL1 and GAL10, one of the genes        encoding an alcohol dehydrogenase, the CYC1 terminator region        and the sequence        5′-AGTCGACCTTACAGCGCCTGGGACTCTACATAAACATGCAGCGAACAT        GCTTTCCAACGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 123), This fragment might contain        one or two alcohol dehydrogenase depending on the experiment        performed. They were obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo        Park, Calif. 94025); and    -   4) a fragment containing the sequence        5′-AGTCGACCTTACAGCGCCTGGGACTCTACATAAACATGCAGCGAACAT        GCTTTCCAACGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 123), and 405 bp corresponding to        the NDT80 gene. This fragment was obtained by PCR with genomic        DNA from the strain YST075 as template.

Engineering of Recombinant Yeast Cells for the Degradation of Copalol toManooloxy.

For degradation of copalol to manooloxy, using an alcohol dehydrogenaseand different enal-cleaving polypeptides, genome integrations in thestrain YST075 were performed, each integration cassette was formed bythree fragments:

1) A fragment containing 658 bp corresponding to the upstream section ofthe NDT80 gene and the sequence5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTTGAGACT CTCGG-3′ (SEQID NO: 121), this fragment was obtained by PCR with genomic DNA from thestrain YST075 as template;2) a fragment containing the sequence5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTTGAGACT CTCGG-3′ (SEQID NO: 121), the intergenic region between GAL1 and GAL10 genes, one ofthe genes encoding for an enal-cleaving polypeptide, the terminatorregion of the ADH1 gene and the sequence5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATACACCAGT CTTAGC-3′ (SEQID NO: 122), this fragment was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, MenloPark, Calif. 94025); and3) a fragment containing the sequence5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATACACCAGT CTTAGC-3′ (SEQID NO: 122), the PGK1 terminator region, the gene coding for an alcoholdehydrogenase, the promoter region of the genes GAL1 and GAL10, thesequence 5′-AGTCGACCTTACAGCGCCTGGGACTCTACATAAACATGCAGCGAACATGCTTTCCAACGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 123) and 405 bp corresponding to the NDT80 gene.This fragment was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park, Calif.94025).

In all cases, copalol production was achieved by expressing thebiosynthetic pathway in a plasmid system as described above.

Engineering of Recombinant Yeast Cells for the Production ofGamma-Ambryl Acetate.

For degradation of copalol to gamma-ambryl acetate using an alcoholdehydrogenase, an enal-cleaving polypeptide and differentBaeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs), genome integrations in thestrain YST075 were performed; each integration cassette was formed bythree fragments:

(1) A fragment containing 658 bp corresponding to the upstream sectionof the NDT80 gene and the sequence5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTTGAGACT CTCGG-3′ (SEQID NO: 121), this fragment was obtained by PCR with genomic DNA from thestrain YST075 as template;(2) a fragment containing the sequence5′-GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTTGAGACT CTCGG-3′ (SEQID NO: 121), the terminator region of the CYC1 gene, one of the genescoding for the tested BVMOs, the intergenic region between GAL1 andGAL10 genes, the gene encoding for an enal-cleaving polypeptide, theterminator region of the ADH1 gene and the sequence5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATACACCAGT CTTAGC-3′ (SEQID NO: 122), this fragment was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, MenloPark, Calif. 94025); and(3) a fragment containing the sequence5′-ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATACACCAGT CTTAGC-3′ (SEQID NO: 122), the PGK1 terminator region, the gene coding for an alcoholdehydrogenase, the promoter region of the genes GAL1 and GAL10, thesequence 5′-AGTCGACCTTACAGCGCCTGGGACTCTACATAAACATGCAGCGAACATGCTTTCCAACGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 123) and 405 bp corresponding to the NDT80 gene.This fragment was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park, Calif.94025).

In all cases, copalol production was achieved by expressing thebiosynthetic pathway in a plasmid system as described above.

Engineering of Recombinant Yeast Cells for the Production Gamma-Ambrol.

For degradation of copalol to gamma-ambrol using an alcoholdehydrogenase, an enal-cleaving polypeptide, a Baeyer-Villigermonooxygenases (BVMOs) and different esterases (EST), genomeintegrations in the strain YST075 were performed; each integrationcassette was formed by four overlapping fragments:

-   -   1) A fragment containing at least 300 bp corresponding to the        upstream section of the BUD9 gene and at least 60 bp overlapping        sequence for in vivo assembly. This fragment was obtained by PCR        with genomic DNA from the strain YST075 as template;    -   2) a fragment containing the terminator region of the ADH1 gene,        one of the genes coding for the tested esterases and the        intergenic region between GAL1 and GAL10 genes. The fragment was        flanked by sequences allowing in vivo assembly. This fragment        was obtained by DNA synthesis (ATUM, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025);    -   3) a fragment containing the URA3 yeast marker with its own        promoter and terminator, flanked by sequences to allow        homologous recombination. This fragment was obtained by PCR; and    -   4) a fragment containing at least 300 bp corresponding to the        downstream section of the BUD9 gene and at least 60 bp        overlapping sequences to allow in vivo assembly. This fragment        was obtained by PCR with genomic DNA from the strain YST075 as        template.        In all cases, copalol production was achieved by expressing the        biosynthetic pathway in a plasmid system as described above.

Cultivation of Engineered Yeast Cells Under Conditions Enabling theProduction of Terpene Compounds and GC-MS Analysis Methods.

Evaluation of the production of terpenes and derivatives from engineeredyeast cells was achieved by culturing cells under conditions similarlyas described in Westfall et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2012,109:E111-118 with 10% dodecane or 10% isopropyl myristate (IPM) asorganic overlay. The cultures were then extracted with two volumes ofMTBE and the composition of the organic phase was analyzed by GC-MSusing an Agilent 7890A GC system coupled with a 5975C series MassSelective Detector (MSD) and equipped with a split/splitless injectorand a GC Injector 80 injection system (Agilent Technologies, CA). The GCinlet temperature was set to 260° C. and 1.0 μl of sample was injectedin splitless mode and analyzed on a HP-5 GC column (30 m×0.25 mm×0.25μm; Agilent J&W) using helium as a carrier gas at a constant flow of 1.2mL/min. The initial temperature of the oven was set at 100° C. and wasprogrammed to 300° C. (10° C./min).

c) Examples Example 1: In-Vivo-Conversion of Manooloxy to Gamma-AmbrylAcetate Using BVMOs

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra(SEQ ID NO: 2), SCH24-BVMO1 from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 6) andSCH46-BVMO1 from Bensingtonia ciliata (SEQ ID NO: 13) were synthesizedand cloned in the pJ414 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.)providing the plasmids pJ414-SCH23-BVMO1, pJ414-SCH24-BVMO1 andpJ414-SCH46-BVMO1. KRX E. coli cells (Promega Corporation, Madison,Wis., USA) were transformed with these expression plasmids. Thetransformed cells were grown and used in whole cell bioconversion assayas described above using manooloxy as substrate. A negative control wasincluded consisting of the cells transformed with an empty plasmid. Inthe presence of the SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 or SCH46-BVMO1 recombinantproteins, conversion of manooloxy to gamma-ambryl acetate was observed(FIG. 2 ). No conversion was observed in the negative control. Thisexperience shows that SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 or SCH46-BVMO1 cancatalyse the following conversion:

These results show that SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH46-BVMO1catalyse a Baeyer-Villiger type oxidation of manooloxy.

Example 2: In-Vivo Conversion of Copalal to Compound 4 Using BVMOs

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra(SEQ ID NO: 3), SCH24-BVMO1 from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 7) andSCH46-BVMO1 from Bensingtonia ciliata (SEQ ID NO: 14) were synthesizedand cloned in the pJ414 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.)providing the plasmids pJ414-SCH23-pJ414-SCH24-BVMO1 andpJ414-SCH46-BVMO1. KRX E. coli cells (Promega Corporation, Madison,Wis., USA) were transformed with these expression plasmids. The cellswere grown and used in whole cell bioconversion assay as described aboveusing a mixture of cis-copalal and trans-copalal as substrate. Anegative control was included consisting of the cells transformed withan empty plasmid. In the presence of the SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 orSCH46-BVMO1 recombinant proteins, conversion of cis-copalal andtrans-copalal was observed. The GC-MS analysis of the products (FIG. 3 )of the bioconversion after 42 hours of incubation shows the formation offour major products, the two stereoisomers 3a and 3b and the twostereoisomers 4a and 4b.

Time point measurements of the bioconversion show the formation ofcompounds 1a and 1b as intermediate products. FIG. 4 compares GC-MSanalysis of the conversion of cis-copalal and trans-copalal bySCH23-BVMO1 at different times; similar evolution of the productprofiles is observed with SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH46-BVMO1. The sequentialformation of these compounds shows that trans-copalal and cis-copalalare converted to compound 4a and 4b in several steps. Compounds 1a and1b and compounds 4a and 4b are formate esters. Such functional groupscan be formed from aldehyde compounds by Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases.Thus, the following reaction scheme, involving enzymatic andnon-enzymatic (chemical reactions), can be drawn to describe theconversion of trans-copalal by SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 or SCH46-BVMO1.

In this scheme, the recombinant enzymes catalyse two Baeyer-Villigertype oxidations on two different aldehydes. First, the α,β-unsaturatedaldehyde group of trans-copalal is oxidized to form compound 1a in thefirst Baeyer-Villiger oxidations by the recombinant enzyme. The enolformate functional group of compounds 1a is unstable under theexperimental conditions and is patially hydrolysed to form compound 2a.This latter compound is rapidly converted via a keto-enoltautomerization to compound 3 (3a and 3b) and is therefore not detectedin the GC-MS analysis. Compound 3 (3a and 3b) is the substrate of thesame enzyme which catalyses a second Baeyer-Villiger oxidations to formcompound 4 (4a and 4b). The reaction scheme bellow depicts the similarreactions in the transformation of cis-copalal by SCH23-BVMO1,SCH24-BVMO1 or SCH46-BVMO1.

These results show that SCH23-BVMO1, SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH46-BVMO1catalyse a Baeyer-Villiger type oxidation on labdane aldehyde compounds.

Example 3: In Vitro Conversion of Manooloxy Using BVMOs and Esterases

For this experiment the following recombinant proteins were used:SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra (SEQ ID NO: 2) SCH24-BVMO1 fromFilobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 6), SCH23-EST from Hyphozyma roseonigra(SEQ ID NO: 20) and SCH24-EST from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 24).Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 3) andSCH24-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 7) were synthesized and cloned in the pJ414expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providing the plasmidspJ414-SCH23-BVMO1 and pJ414-SCH24-BVMO1. Codon optimized cDNAs encodingfor SCH23-EST (SEQ ID NO: 21) and SCH24-EST (SEQ ID NO: 25) weresynthesized and cloned in the pJ431 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark,Calif.) providing the plasmids pJ414-SCH23-EST, pJ414-SCH24-EST.

KRX E. coli cells (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA) weretransformed with each of these expression plasmids. The transformedcells were grown and cell free lysates were prepared as described. Invitro enzymatic assays were performed with either of these proteinfractions or with a combination of two of these protein fractions. Thein vitro assays conditions were as described above with addition of 160mg/L of manooloxy, 60 μM flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and 500 μMreduced β-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH).

Using crude fractions containing the recombinant SCH23-BVMO1 andSCH24-BVMO1 proteins, conversion of manooloxy to gamma-ambrol acetatewas observed. No conversion was detected when using a control lysateobtained from E. coli cells transformed with an empty plasmid (FIG. 5 ).From these experiments, the following enzymatic reaction can be drawn:

In vitro enzymatic assays were also performed using protein fractionscontaining a recombinant esterase enzyme and using a combination ofprotein fractions containing a recombinant BVMO and a recombinantesterase enzyme. These assays were performed as described above usingmanooloxy as substrate. The GC-MS analysis of the products formed (FIGS.6 and 7 ) shows conversion of manooloxy to gamma-ambryl acetate in thepresence of a BVMO enzymes (SCH23-BVMO1 or SCH24-BVMO1) and furtherconversion of gamma-ambryl acetate to gamma-ambrol when an esteraseenzyme (SCH23-EST or SCH24-EST) is present in the assay. When theesterase is used in the absence of a BVMO no substrate conversion isobserved (FIGS. 6 and 7 ).

This experiment shows that in the presence of a BVMO and esterase,manooloxy can be converted to gamma-ambrol following the reaction schemedepicted bellow:

Example 4: In Vitro Conversion of Compounds 4a and 4b to Compounds 5aand 5b Using Esterases

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-EST from Hyphozyma roseonigra(SEQ ID NO: 21), SCH24-EST from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 25) andSCH46-EST from Bensingtonia ciliata (SEQ ID NO: 32) were synthesized andcloned in the pJ414 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark, Calif.) providingthe plasmids pJ414-SCH23-EST1, pJ414- and pJ414-SCH46-EST1. KRX E. colicells (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA) were transformed withthese expression plasmids. The transformed cells were grown and cellfree lysates were prepared as described. In vitro enzymatic assays wereperformed with these protein fractions following the conditionsdescribed above.

As shown in FIG. 8 , using crude fractions containing the recombinantSCH23-EST1, SCH24-EST1 and SCH25-EST1 proteins, the conversions of thetwo stereoisomers 4a and 4b to compounds 5a and 5b were observed. Incomparison, no conversion was detected when using a lysate containing arecombinant BVMO enzyme (these proteins were thus used for the controlreactions in this experiment series). Under these conditions theenzymatic activities of SCH23-EST1 and SCH25-EST1 were higher than theenzymatic activity of SCH24-EST.

From these experiments, the following enzymatic reaction can be drawn:

Example 5: In Vitro Conversion of Copalal Using BVMOs and Esterases

For this experiment the following recombinant proteins were used:SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra (SEQ ID NO: 2), SCH24-BVMO1 fromFilobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 6), SCH25-BVMO1 from Papiliotremalaurentii (SEQ ID NO: 10), SCH23-EST from Hyphozyma roseonigra (SEQ IDNO: 20), SCH24-EST from Filobasidium magnum (SEQ ID NO: 24), SCH25-ESTfrom Papiliotrema laurentii (SEQ ID NO: 28).

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 3),SCH24-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 7) and SCH25-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 11) weresynthesized and cloned in the pJ414 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark,Calif.) providing the plasmids pJ414-SCH23-BVMO1, pJ414-SCH24-BVMO1 andpJ414-SCH25-BVMO1. Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH23-EST (SEQ IDNO: 21), SCH24-EST (SEQ ID NO: 25) and SCH25-EST (SEQ ID NO: 29) weresynthesized and cloned in the pJ431 expression plasmid (ATUM, Newark,Calif.) providing the plasmids pJ414-SCH23-EST, pJ414-SCH25-EST.

KRX E. coli cells (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA) weretransformed with these expression plasmids. The transformed cells weregrown and cell free lysates were prepared as described. In vitroenzymatic assays were performed with protein fractions containing arecombinant BVMO enzyme or a recombinant esterase enzyme or by combiningof protein fractions containing recombinant BVMO and esterase enzymes.The assays were performed as described above with addition of 320 mg/Lof a mixture of cis-copalal and trans-copalal as substrate, 60 μMflavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and 500 μM reduced (3-Nicotinamideadenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH).

FIG. 9 compares the products of the conversion of copalal in thepresence of SCH23-BVMO1 only and in combination with different esteraseenzymes. In the presence of SCH23-BVMO1, the major products are theformate compounds 1a, 1b and 4a, 4b. When the assays were conducted inthe additional presence of the SCH23-EST or SCH25-EST, the majorproducts of the conversion were compounds 5a and 5b showing that thesetwo esterase enzymes can efficiently hydrolyse the formate intermediatesproduced by the BVMO enzyme. In the additional presence of SCH24-EST,the hydrolysis of the same intermediates (1a, 1b, and 4a, 4b) wasobserved, however with this enzyme the hydrolysis of the intermediates1a and 1b by SCH24-EST seems more efficient than the hydrolysis of theintermediates 4a and 4b.

Similar conversion of cis- and trans-copalal was observed whenSCH24-BVMO1 was combined with esterase SCH23-EST or SCH24-EST (FIG. 10). In control experiments, when copalal was incubated only with anesterase, no conversion was observed.

From these experiments the following enzyme pathway can be deduced.

Example 6: In-Vivo Production of the 14,15-Dinor-Labdane Compounds 5aand 5b and Biosynthetic Intermediates in Engineered Bacteria CellsExpressing a BVMO and an Esterase

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1 (described above) was usedto transform E. coli cells to produce copalal as described in theexperimental section. When DP1205 E. coli cells were transformed andcultivated unter the conditions described in the experimental section,formation of trans-copalal and cis-copalal was observed (FIG. 11 , upperchromatogram). The detection of the two double-bond isomers of copalalis due to the relative easy isomerization of (E)-α,β-unsaturatedaldehydes (Konning et al, Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (20), pp 5258-5261). Theadditional detection of labd-8(20)-en-15-ol is due to E. coli endogenousenoate reductase activity.

The bacteria cells were then transformed with a second expressionplasmid carrying a codon optimized cDNA encoding for SCH24-BVMO1 fromFilobasidium magnum (ATCC® 20918™) (SEQ ID NO: 7) or SCH46-BVMO1 fromBensingtonia ciliata (SEQ ID NO: 14). These plasmid was prepared bycloning the optimized cDNAs in the pJ423 expression plasmid (ATUM,Newark, Calif.) providing the plasmids pJ423-SCH23-BVMO andpJ423-SCH46-BVMO, respectively. The cells transformed with two plasmidswere cultivated and the production of terpene compounds and terpenederivatives was analysed using the conditions described in theexperimental section. Under these conditions the compounds 1a and 1b, 3aand 3b, and 4a and 4b were detected in the solvent extract of theculture broth (FIG. 11 ). These results show that, using thesecombinations of enzymes, the biosynthesis of a labdane diterpene such ascopalol and the sequential enzymatic cleavage of two carbon-carbonbounds in the side chain can be introduced in a recombinant cell.

Similarly, bacteria cells were co-transformed with the plasmidpJ401-CPAL-1 and with a second plasmid carrying a gene encoding for aBVMO and a gene encoding for an esterase. :pJ423-SCH24-BVMO-SCH24-EST,prepared by inserting a synthetic operon composed of a codon optimizedcDNA encoding SCH24-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 7) and a codon optimized cDNAencoding SCH24-EST (SEQ ID NO: 25) into the pJ423 expression plasmid(ATUM, Newark, Calif.), or pJ423-SCH46-BVMO-SCH46-EST, a plasmidprepared by inserting a synthetic operon composed of a codon optimizedcDNA encoding SCH46-BVMO (SEQ ID NO: 14) and a codon optimized cDNAencoding SCH46-EST (SEQ ID NO: 32) into the pJ423 expression plasmid(ATUM, Newark, Calif.). The cells were cultivated and the production ofterpene compounds and terpene derivatives was analysed using theconditions described in the experimental section. Under theseconditions, the compounds 5a and 5b were detected and decreased amountsof the pathway intermediates (compounds 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b, 4a and 4b) wereobserved.

This experiment series shows that the following biosynthetic pathway canbe introduced in a host cells transformed to express diterpenebiosynthesis enzymes in combination with a BVMO and an esterase.

Example 7: In-Vivo Conversion of Compounds 5a and 5b to Manooloxy UsingAlcohol Dehydrogenases

For this experiment, the following alcohol dehydrogenases were evaluatedfor the oxidation of compounds 5a and 5b to manooloxy:

RrhSecADH from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 146),SCH80-00043 from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 149),SCH80-04254 from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 152),SCH80-06135 from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 155),SCH80-06582 from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (SEQ ID NO: 158),(see also WO2005/026338); the above ADHs are merely non-limitingexamples and may be replaced by other known ADHs may

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for each of these proteins weresynthesized and cloned in the vector pJ401 providing plasmidspJ401-RrhSecADH, pJ401-SCH80-00043, pJ401-SCH80-04254, pJ401-SCH80-06135and pJ401-SCH80-06582 (ATUM, Newark, Calif.).

KRX E. coli cells (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA) weretransformed with these expression plasmids. The transformed cells weregrown and used in a whole cell bioconversion assay as described aboveusing a mixture of compounds 5a and 5b as substrate. Five hours afterthe induction of the expression of the recombinant proteins, thesubstrate was added to a final concentration of 0.55 mg/mL using anemulsion containing 50 mg/mL of tween 80 and 25 mg/mL of substrate inwater. A negative control was included consisting of the cellstransformed with an empty plasmid. The oxidation reaction was observedonly in the presence of the SCH80-06135 and RrhSecADH recombinantproteins (FIG. 12 ) showing that these enzymes can catalyse thefollowing reaction.

Example 8: In-Vivo Production of the Tetranor-Labdane CompoundsGamma-Ambrol and Biosynthetic Intermediates in Engineered Bacteria CellsExpressing a BVMO, an Esterase and an Alcohol Dehydrogenase

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing copalal (cis- and trans-isomer) as described in the previoussection.

This strain was then co-transformed with the plasmidpJ423-SCH24-BVMO-SCH24-EST (described above) allowing a furtherexpression of a BVMO and an esterase in the same cells. In accordancewith the observation made in the previous section, this recombinantorganism produces 14,15-dinor-labdane compounds.

To allow the side-chain degradation to continue to the formation oftetranor-labdane derivatives, the secondary alcohol group of compounds5a and 5b must be oxidized to the corresponding ketone. A plasmid wasthus constructed containing nucleotide sequences encoding for a BVMO, anesterase and an appropriate alcohol dehydrogenase (identified in Example7). For the alcohol dehydrogenase, a codon optimized cDNA encoding forRrhSecADH from a Rhodococcus species (Accession number WP_043801412.1)(SEQ ID NO: 147) was synthesised and a synthetic operon was designedcombining the RrhSecADH cDNA and the cDNAs encoding for SCH24-BVMO andSCH24-EST. The operon was cloned into the pJ423 expression plasmidproviding the pJ423-secADH-23BVMO-EST plasmid. When DP1205 E. coli cellsco-transformed with the vector pJ401-CPAL-1 and the vectorpJ423-secADH-23BVMO-EST were cultivated under the conditions describedabove, gamma-ambrol was detected in the GC-MS analysis of thecultivation broth (FIG. 13 ). These data show that when compound 5 (5aand 5b) is oxidized to manooloxy in the presence of an appropriate ADH,the BVMO can catalyse the following step in the pathway providinggamma-ambrol.

This experiment series shows that the following biosynthetic pathway canbe introduced in a recombinant host cells.

Example 9: In Vivo Manooloxy Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeCells Using Alcohol Dehydrogenases (ADHs), Baeyer-VilligerMonooxygenases (BVMOs) and Esterases (ESTs) from Hyphozyma roseonigra orCryptococcus albidus

For the production of manooloxy, the genes encoding for the GGPPsynthase carG (from Blakeslea trispora, NCBI accession JQ289995.1) (SEQID NOs: 182), the copalyl-pyrophosphate synthase SmCPS2 (from Salviamiltiorrhiza, NCBI accession ABV57835.1) (SEQ ID NOs: 185), thecopalyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase TalVeTPP (from Talaromycesverruculosus, NCBI accession KUL89334.1) (SEQ ID NOs: 194) and eitherthe alcohol dehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 (SEQ ID NOs: 134), theBaeyer-Villiger monooxygenase SCH23-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NOs: 2), the esteraseSCH23-EST (SEQ ID NOs: 20) and the alcohol dehydrogenase SCH23-ADH2(from Hyphozyma roseonigra) (SEQ ID NOs: 137) or the alcoholdehydrogenase SCH24-ADH1 (SEQ ID NOs: 140), the Baeyer-Villigermonooxygenase SCH24-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NOs: 6), the esterase SCH24-EST1 (SEQID NOs: 24) and the alcohol dehydrogenase SCH24-ADH2 (from Filobasidiummagnum) (SEQ ID NOs: 143) were expressed in the engineered Saccharomycescerevisiae strain YST075 as described in the general methods sectionabove. All genes were codon optimized for their expression in S.cerevisiae (SCH23-ADH1, SEQ ID NO: 135; SCH23-BVMO1, SEQ ID NO: 4;SCH23-EST, SEQ ID NO: 22; SCH23-ADH2, SEQ ID NO: 138; SCH24-ADH1, SEQ IDNO: 141; SCH24-BVMO1, SEQ ID NO: 8; SCH24-EST, SEQ ID NO: 26;SCH24-ADH2, SEQ ID NO: 144; carG, SEQ ID NO: 183; SmCPS2, SEQ ID NO:186; and TalVeTPP, SEQ ID NO: 195).

The strains YST120 (with SCH23-ADH1, SCH23-BVMO1, SCH23-EST andSCH23-ADH2) and YST121 (with SCH24-ADH1a, SCH24-BVMO1, SCH24-EST andSCH24-ADH2) harboring also the plasmid system for copalol biosynthesiswere obtained and cultivated under the conditions described in thegeneral methods section above.

Under these conditions, copalol was identified in all cultures. Onlystrains containing SCH23-ADH1 or SCH24-ADH1 were able to convert copalolinto copalal (FIG. 14A). In addition, farnesal was detected in thecultures where the alcohol dehydrogenases were expressed (FIG. 14B).Accumulation of nerolidol and farnesol was identified in all cultures(FIG. 14A).

In addition, manooloxy was identified in the cultures containing thestrains YST120 and YST121 harboring the plasmid with copalolbiosynthetic genes (FIG. 14C). Neither gamma-ambryl acetate norgamma-ambrol was identified. However, the presence of manooloxy suggeststhat the BVMOs, ESTs and ADHs were functionally expressed in theengineered yeast cells. We hypothesize that the amount obtained ofmanooloxy was limiting for the BVMOs to catalyze the conversion togamma-ambryl acetate.

Example 10: In Vivo Manooloxy Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeCells Using

alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs), Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs)and esterases (ESTs) from Hyphozyma roseonigra or Cryptococcus albidus.

For the production of manooloxy, the genes encoding for the GGPPsynthase carG (from Blakeslea trispora, NCBI accession JQ289995.1), thecopalyl-pyrophosphate synthase SmCPS2 (from Salvia miltiorrhiza, NCBIaccession ABV57835.1), the copalyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase TalVeTPP(from Talaromyces verruculosus, NCBI accession KUL89334.1), the alcoholdehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 and either the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenaseSCH23-BVMO1 and the esterase SCH23-EST (from Hyphozyma roseonigra) orthe Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase SCH24-BVMO1 and the esterase SCH24-EST(from Cryptococcus albidus) were expressed in the engineeredSaccharomyces cerevisiae strain YST075 as described in the generalmethods section.

The obtained strains were termed YST177 (with carG, SmCPS2, TalVeTPP,SCH23-ADH1, SCH23-BVMO1 and SCH23-EST) and YST178 (with carG, SmCPS2,TalVeTPP, SCH23-ADH1, SCH24-BVMO1 and SCH24-EST) and were cultivated asdescribed in the general methods section above. Cultures were analyzedby GC-MS as described above.

Copalol, copalal, nerolidol, farnesol and farnesal were identified inthe cultures after extraction. The engineered cells not containing thealcohol dehydrogenases SCH23-ADH2 or SCH24-ADH2 were expected toaccumulate the intermediate 5a (or 5b) and to be incapable to producemanooloxy. Interestingly, manooloxy was identified (FIG. 15 ) andmolecule 5a (or 5b) was not detected. These results suggest thatSCH23-ADH2 and SCH24-ADH2 might contribute to the production ofmanooloxy in yeast cells but are not essential for its production underthe conditions tested. We hypothesize that endogenous alcoholdehydrogenase activities in yeast are responsible for the conversion.

Example 11: Characterisation of a SCH94-3944, an Enzyme from Rhodococcuserytheropolis with Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Activity

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-CPOL-4 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing copalol. The transformed strain produced copalol as majorproduct with a concentration of up to 500 mg/L in the culture media inthe tube assay (FIG. 16 ).

This strain was then further transformed with a second plasmid carryingone or more E. coli codon optimized cDNAs derived from R. erytheropolis.Two cDNAs were selected:

-   -   SCH94-3945, encoding for a putative alcohol dehydrogenase (SEQ        ID NO: 161),    -   SCH94-3944, encoding for a 157 amino acid protein containing two        protein family domains: a “GXWXG” protein domain (pfam14231,        http://pfam.xfam.org/) and a domain of unknown function        “DUF4334” (pfam14232, http://pfam.xfam.org/) (SEQ ID NO: 34).

Expression vectors were prepared using pJ423 as background andcontaining either a codon optimized cDNA encoding for SCH94-3945(pJ423-SCH94-3945) or SCH94-3944 (pJ423-SCH94-3944) or a bicistronicoperon comprised of the optimized cDNAs encoding for SCH94-3945 andSCH94-3944 (pJ423-SCH94-3944-3945).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-CPOL-4 and the vectorpJ423-SCH94-3944, no difference was observed in comparison with cellstransformed with pJ401-CPOL-4 only, showing that the SCH94-3944recombinant protein does not transform copalol. When cells weretransformed with the vector pJ401-CPOL-4 and the vectorpJ423-SCH94-3945, formation of cis-copalal and trans-copalal wasobserved showing that the SCH94-3945 is an alcohol dehydrogenase able tooxidase copalol to copalal (FIG. 16 ).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-CPOL-4 and the vectorpJ423-SCH94-3944-3945, formation of manooloxy was observed as majorproduct with a concentration of up to 1 g/L in the culture media in thetube assay. Under this assay condition, the conversion of cis- andtrans-copalal was nearly complete (FIG. 16 ).

This experiment shows that the SCH94-3944 enzyme can cleave thealpha-beta carbon-carbon double-bound of copalal and catalyse the directconversion of cis-copalal and trans-copalal to the 14,15-dinor-labdanecompound manooloxy, as shown in the scheme below.

Example 12: In-Vivo Conversion of Cis- and Trans-Farnesal Using anEnal-Cleaving Polypeptide from Rhodococcus erythropolis

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-FAL-1 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing cis-farnesal and trans-farnesal as major products with aconcentration up to 500 mg/L in the culture media in tube assayconditions (FIG. 17 ).

This strain was then further transformed with the plasmidpJ423-SCH94-3944 carrying a cDNA encoding for SCH94-3944 from R.erytheropolis. The GC-MS analysis of the compounds produced by the cellsshowed formation of geranylacetone (FIG. 17 ). This experiment thusshows that the SCH94-3944 enzyme can cleave the alpha-beta carbon-carbondouble-bound of the acyclic compound farnesal and catalyse the directconversion of cis-farnesal and trans-farnesal to geranylacetone as shownin the scheme below.

No conversion with farnesol was observed un ed the applied testconditions.

Example 13. In-Vivo Conversion of Citral Using an Enal-CleavingPolypeptide from Rhodococcus erythropolis

Biochemical conversion of compounds was performed using E. coli KRX(Promega) cells transformed with the plasmid pJ423-SCH94-3944, thus,overexpressing the SCH94-3944 recombinant protein. The substrate wasadded to the cell culture to a final concentration of 12 g/L using an2:1 substrate:Tween 80 emulsion. The bioconversion was performed asdescribed in the experimental section. Negative controls were performedusing cells transformed with a pJ423 expression plasmid without insert.Several substrates were tested: citral (a mixture composed of geranialand neral), citronelal (2,3-dihydrocitral) and (E)-2-dodecanal. Thecells were incubated for 24 hours in the presence of the variouscompounds and the products of the conversion were analysed as describedin the experimental section.

In the presence of the SCH94-3944 recombinant protein, geranial andneral were both converted to methylheptenone (FIG. 18 ) showing thatthis enzyme can cleave alpha-beta carbon-carbon double-bound of theacyclic monoterpene aldehydes as shown in the scheme below.

No conversion was obtained with citronelal of the formula

in the presence of the SCH94-3944 recombinant protein (FIG. 18 ),showing that the unsaturation of α,β-carbon bond is required for thecatalysis.

With (E)-2-dodecanal,

conversion to decanal was observed. However, compared to citral, theconversion yield was significantly lower (FIG. 18 ). This observationsuggests that the absence of the 3-methyl group has a negative effect onthe enzymatic conversion by the SCH94-3944 protein.

Example 14: In Vivo Conversion of Copalal and Farnesal Using GXWXG andDUF4334 Domain Containing Proteins from Other Organisms

The SCH94-3944 protein sequence contains a GXWXG protein family domainand a DUF4334 protein family domain. Proteins with similar domainarchitectures were searched in other organisms and tested to determineif the enzymatic activity associated with SCH94-3944 can also beassociated with these homologous enzymes.

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing copalal (cis- and trans-isomer) as described in the previoussection. In this strains a FPP synthase is expressed from the genomicintegrated operons. Because the terpenyl phosphatase AspWeTPP candephosphorylate FPP in addition to GGPP, and because AzeTolADH1 can alsooxidize farnesol, a significant amount of trans farnesal was detected inaddition to copalal when the pJ401-CPAL-1 was used to transforme theDP1205 cells (FIG. 19 ).

This strain was then co-transformed with a second plasmid carrying agene encoding for a protein containing a GXWXG protein family domain anda DUF4334 protein family domain. Several proteins were selected:

-   -   SCH80-05241 from Rhodococcus rhodochrous (®ATCC 12674™) (SEQ ID        NO: 38),    -   Pdigit7033 from Penicillium digitatum (SEQ ID NO: 42),    -   PitalDUF3443-1 from Penicillium italicum (SEQ ID NO: 46),    -   AspWeDUF3443 from Aspergillus wentii (SEQ ID NO: 49),    -   RhoagDUF4334-2 from Rhodococcus hoagii strain PAM2288 (SEQ ID        NO: 53),    -   RhoagDUF4334-3 from Rhodococcus hoagii strain N128 (SEQ ID NO:        56),    -   RhoagDUF4334-4 from Rhodococcus hoagii NBRC 10125 (SEQ ID NO:        59),    -   CnecaDUF4334 from Cupriavidus necator (SEQ ID NO: 62),    -   Rins-DUF4334 from Ralstonia insidiosa (SEQ ID NO: 69),    -   CgatDUF4334 from Cryptococcus gattii EJB2 (SEQ ID NO: 72),    -   GclavDUF4334 from Grosmannia clavigera kw1407 (SEQ ID NO: 75),    -   TcurvaDUF4334 from Thermomonospora curvata (SEQ ID NO: 81), and    -   PprotDUF4334 from Pseudomonas protegees (SEQ ID NO: 87).

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for each of these proteins were designedand cloned in the pJ423 expression plasmids (ATUM, Newark, Calif.). TheDP1205 E. coli cells were co-transformed with one of these plasmids andwith the pasmid pJ401-CPAL-1. FIGS. 20 and 21 show the conversion ofcis-copalal and trans-copalal to manooloxy in the presence of each ofthe recombinant proteins containing a GXWXG and DUF4334 domain. Underthe assay conditions the conversion of copalal was almost complete witheach recombinant enzyme except for the GclavDUF4334 enzyme with whichonly a small conversion was observed. FIGS. 22 and 23 show theconversion of cis-farnesal and trans-farnesal to geranylacetone. Theconversion of fanesal was also complete with each enzyme except forGclavDUF4334 with which only about 50% of the farnesal was converted.

This experiment shows that proteins containing a GXWXG protein familydomain in the N-terminal region and a DUF4334 protein family domain inthe C-terminal region can catalyse enal-cleaving activity on copalal andfarnesal as shown in the schemes below.

Example 15: Variants of SCH94-3944 with Single Amino Acid Modification

The alignment of the amino acid sequences of the GXWXG and DUF4334domain containing proteins having enal-cleaving activities, showedconserved amino acids along the amino acid sequence and within said twoprotein domains (FIG. 24 ). Conserved residues in protein families areoften important for the enzymatic activity.

To evaluate the participation of the conserved residues in the GXWXG andDUF4334 domain containing enzymes to the enzymatic activity, artificialmutants of the SCH94-3944 protein were design in which the conservedresidues were individually replaced by an alanine residue. The followingresidue were mutated: W44, T51, H53, L59, W64, K67, S71, R106, Y115,D116, D122, M136, K139, F152, L154 and R156. The modified proteins weredesignated SCH94-3944-W44A, SCH94-3944-T51A, SCH94-3944-H53A,SCH94-3944-L59A, SCH94-3944-W64A, SCH94-3944-K67A, SCH94-3944-S71A,SCH94-3944-R106A, SCH94-3944-Y115A, SCH94-3944-D116A, SCH94-3944-D122A,SCH94-3944-M136A, SCH94-3944-K139A, SCH94-3944-F152A, SCH94-3944-L154Aand SCH94-3944-R156A.

Codon optimized cDNAs encoding for each of these proteins were designedand cloned in the pJ423 expression plasmids (ATUM, Newark, Calif.). TheDP1205 E. coli cells were co-transformed with one of these plasmids andwith pasmid pJ401-CPAL-1. In the presence of the SCH94-3944-W44A,SCH94-3944-K67A, SCH94-3944-D122A, SCH94-3944-F152A or SCH94-3944-L154Arecombinant proteins, no conversion of copalal and farnesal wasobserved. In the presence of the SCH94-3944-T51A, SCH94-3944-H53A,SCH94-3944-L59A, SCH94-3944-W64A, SCH94-3944-571, SCH94-3944-R106A,SCH94-3944-Y115A, SCH94-3944-D116A, SCH94-3944-M136A, SCH94-3944-K139Aand SCH94-3944-R156A enzymes, conversion of copalal and farnesal wasobserved but with an efficiency lower than the wild type SCH94-3944protein. FIG. 25 shows the activity of each single amino acid variantsenzyme relative to the wild type SCH94-3944.

Example 16: In-Vivo Production of γ-Ambryl Acetate by Combining the EnalCleaving Activity and the BVMO Activity in E. coli Cells

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-CPAL-1 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing copalal (cis- and trans-isomer) as described above.

This strain was then co-transformed with a second plasmid carrying acodon optimized nucleotide sequence encoding for either an enzyme withenal-cleaving activity or an enzyme with BVMO activity, or with a secondvector carrying an operon composed of a codon optimize cDNA encoding foran enal-cleaving polypeptide and codon optimized cDNA encoding for aBVMO:

-   -   pJ423-AspWeBVMO, containing an optimized DNA sequence encoding        for AspWeBVMO (SEQ ID NO: 17);    -   pJ423-SCH94-3944, containing an optimized DNA sequence encoding        for SCH94-3944 (SEQ ID NO: 35);    -   pJ423-SCH94-3944-SCH23-BVMO, containing an optimized DNA        sequence encoding for SCH94-3944 and SCH23-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NOs: 35        and 3);    -   pJ423-SCH94-3944-SCH24-BVMO, containing an optimized DNA        sequence encoding for SCH94-3944 and SCH23-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NOs: 35        and 7);    -   pJ423-SCH94-3944-SCH46-BVMO, containing an optimized DNA        sequence encoding for SCH94-3944 and SCH46-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NOs: 35        and 14).

The transformed cells were cultivated and the formation of terpenederivatives was analysed by GC-MS as described above.

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-CPAL-1 and with anempty pJ423 vector or pJ423-AspWeBVMO, formation of only cis-copalal andtrans-copalal was observed. (FIG. 26 ).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-CPAL-1 and withpJ423-SCH94-3944, formation of manooloxy was observed with completeconversion of copalal (FIG. 26 ). When cells were transformed with thevector pJ401-CPAL-1 and with a pJ423 vector allowing the co-expressionof a enal-cleaving polypeptide and a BVMO, formation of γ-ambryl acetatewas observed in the addition of manooloxy. Variations in the ratio ofmanooloxy and gamma-ambryl acetate were observed depending on the BVMOenzyme.

This experiment shows that the following pathway can be introduced in ahost cell to produce gamma-ambryl acetate.

Example 17: In Vivo Manooloxy Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeCells Using SCH23-ADH1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra and Different EnalCleaving Polypeptides

For the production of manooloxy, the genes encoding for the GGPPsynthase carG (from Blakeslea trispora, NCBI accession JQ289995.1), thecopalyl-pyrophosphate synthase SmCPS2 (from Salvia miltiorrhiza, NCBIaccession ABV57835.1), the copalyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase TalVeTPP(from Talaromyces verruculosus, NCBI accession KUL89334.1), the alcoholdehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 (from Hyphozyma roseonigra) and one of thetested enal-cleaving polypeptides were expressed in the engineeredSaccharomyces cerevisiae strain YST075 as described in the generalmethods section.

Five enal-cleaving polypeptides were evaluated:

-   -   AspWeDUF4334 (from Aspergillus wentii; GenBank accession        OJJ34591.1) (SEQ ID NO: 49).    -   CnecaDUF4334 (from Cupriavidus necator; GenBank accession        WP_049800708.1) (SEQ ID NO: 62).    -   Pdigit7033 (from Penicillium digitatum) (SEQ ID NO: 42).    -   SCH94-3944 (from Rhodococcus erytheropolis) (SEQ ID NO: 34).    -   SCH80-05241 (from Rhodococcus rhodochrous).        All genes were codon optimized for their expression in S.        cerevisiae (AspWeDUF4334, SEQ ID NO: 51; CnecaDUF4334, SEQ ID        NO: 64; Pdigit7033, SEQ ID NO: 44; SCH94-03944, SEQ ID NO: 36;        and SCH80-05241 SEQ ID NO: 40).

The constructed strains were termed YST184 (with AspWeDUF4334), YST185(with CnecaDUF4334), YST186 (with Pdigit7033), YST187 (with SCH94-03944)and YST188 (with SCH80-05241). These strains were cultivated asdescribed in the general methods section above; the production ofmanooloxy and other compounds was identified using GC-MS analysis.

Under the tested conditions, copalal, nerolidol, farnesal, geranylacetone and manooloxy were identified in all cultures where theenal-cleaving polypeptides were expressed (FIG. 27 ). As expected, alltested enal-cleaving polypeptides were able to use farnesal or copalalas substrates to produce geranyl acetone and manooloxy, respectively. Inthe cultures of YST184, YST185, YST186, YST187 and YST188, manooloxyrepresented 37%, 1%, 54%, 22% and 52%, respectively, of the sum ofidentified terpenes (FIG. 28A).

Interestingly, the total amount of identified terpenes in cultures fromstrains containing the alcohol dehydrogenase and the differentenal-cleaving polypeptides were two- to four-folds higher than that ofthe control culture (FIG. 28B

Example 18: In Vivo Gamma-Ambryl Acetate Production in Saccharomycescerevisiae Cells Using SCH23-ADH1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra,AspWeDUF4334 from Aspergillus Wentii and Different Baeyer-VilligerMonooxygenases (BVMOs)

For the production of gamma-ambryl acetate, the genes encoding for theGGPP synthase carG (from Blakeslea trispora, NCBI accession JQ289995.1),the copalyl-pyrophosphate synthase SmCPS2 (from Salvia miltiorrhiza,NCBI accession ABV57835.1), the copalyl-pyrophosphate phosphataseTalVeTPP (from Talaromyces verruculosus, NCBI accession KUL89334.1), thealcohol dehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 (from Hyphozyma roseonigra), theenal-cleaving polypeptide AspWeDUF4334 (from Aspergillus wentii; GenBankaccession OJJ34591.1) and one of the tested Baeyer-Villigermonooxygenases (BVMOs) were expressed in the engineered Saccharomycescerevisiae strain YST075 as described in general methods.

Three BVMOs were evaluated:

-   -   SCH23-BVMO1 (from Hyphozyma roseonigra) (SEQ ID NO: 2).    -   SCH24-BVMO1 (from Filobasidum magnum) (SEQ ID NO: 6).    -   AspWeBVMO (from Aspergillus wentii; GenBank accession        OJJ34587.1) (SEQ ID NO: 16).

All genes were codon optimized for their expression in S cerevisiae(SCH23-BVMO1, SEQ ID NO: 4; SCH24-BVMO1, SEQ ID NO: 8; and AspWeBVMO,SEQ ID NO: 18).

The obtained strains were termed YST190 (with SCH23-BVMO1), YST191 (withSCH24-BVMO1) and YST192 (with AspWeBVMO). These strains were cultivatedas described in the general methods section above; the production ofmanooloxy and other compounds was identified using GC-MS analysis.

Under the tested conditions, copalol, copalal, nerolidol, farnesol,geranyl acetone, manooloxy and gamma-ambryl acetate were identified inall cultures (FIG. 29 ). Interestingly, and different from previousexperiments, the conversion of copalol to copalal was not complete. Inaddition, when compared with a strain not harboring BVMOs, the totalamount of terpenes produced was lower (FIG. 30A). In the cultures ofYST190, YST191 and YST192, gamma-ambryl acetate represented 37%, 27% and20%, respectively, of the sum of identified terpenes (FIG. 30B).

Example 19: In-Vivo Production of Sclareol Oxide Using a LabdendiolBiosynthesis Pathway and a Carbon-Carbon Bound Enal-Cleaving Polypeptide

In this experiment, the plasmid pJ401-LOH-2 (described above) was usedto transform the DP1205 E. coli cells creating a background strainproducing labdendiol ((13E)-13-Labdene-8,15-diol) as described above.

This strain was then co-transformed with a second plasmid carrying acodon optimized nucleotide sequence encoding for an alcoholdehydrogenase and an enzyme with enal-cleaving polypeptideenal-cleavingpolypeptide activity:

-   -   pJ423-AzetolADH1, containing an optimized DNA sequence encoding        for the alcohol dehydrogenase AzetolADH1; and    -   pJ423-SCH94-3944-3945, containing optimized DNA sequences        encoding for the alcohol dehydrogenase SCH94-3944 and the        enal-cleaving polypeptide SCH94-3945.

The transformed cells were cultivated and the formation of terpenederivatives was analysed by GC-MS as described above.

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-LOH-2 and with anempty pJ423 vector formation of labdendiol was observed (FIG. 31 ).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-LOH-2 and withpJ423-AzetolADH1 to co-express an alcohol dehydrogenase, formation oftwo new products were observed (FIG. 31 ). NMR analysis confirmed thetwo compounds as being two isomers of (+)-8,13-epoxy-labdan-15-al(compounds 7a and 7b) as shown in the scheme below. These two compoundsresult from the instability of 8-hydroxy-labd-13-en-15-al (6) producedby the oxidation of labdendiol. A postulated mechanism of dehydrationand rearrangement of compound 6 to compound 7a and 7b is shown in thescheme below.

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-LOH-2 and withpJ423-SCH94-3944-3945 to co-express an alcohol dehydrogenase and aenal-cleaving polypeptide, formation of sclareol oxide was observed inaddition to compounds 7a and 7b. The formation of sclareol oxide in thepresence of a enal-cleaving polypeptide can be explained by thetransformation steps shown in the scheme below. The SCH94-3944enal-cleaving polypeptide catalyses the C—C double bond cleavage ofcompound 6 to the 8-Hydroxy-14,15-bisnorlabdan-13-one (8). Compound 8 isunstable and is converted under mild conditions to sclareol oxide(Barrero et al., Tetrahedron 49, (45) 1993, 10405-10412; Hua et al.,Tetrahedron 67 (6) 2011, 1142-1144). The relative small final amounts ofsclareol oxide relative to compounds 7a and 7b is due to the competitionbetween the enzymatic activity of the SCH94-3944 and the chemicaldehydration of compound 6.

Example 20. In Vivo Gamma-Ambrol Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeCells Using SCH23-ADH1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra, AspWeDUF4334 fromAspergillus wentii, SCH23-BVMO1 from Hyphozyma roseonigra and DifferentEsterases

For the production of gamma-ambrol, the genes encoding for thebifunctional enzyme PvCPS (from Talaromyces verruculosus), thecopalyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase TalVeTPP (from Talaromycesveruculosum), the alcohol dehydrogenase SCH23-ADH1 (from Hyphozymaroseonigra), the enal-cleaving AspWeDUF4334 (from Aspergillus wentii),the BVMO SCH23-BVMO1 (from Hyphozyma roseonigra) and one of the testedesterases (EST) were expressed in the engineered Saccharomycescerevisiae strain YST075 as described in general methods.

Two esterases were evaluated:

-   -   SCH23-EST1 (from Hyphozyma roseonigra).    -   SCH24-EST1 (from Cryptococcus albidus).        All genes were codon optimized for their expression in S.        cerevisiae (SCH23-EST, SEQ ID NO: 22; SCH24-EST, SEQ ID NO: 26).        The obtained strains were termed YST257 (with SCH23-EST) and        YST258 (with SCH24-EST). These strains were cultivated as        described in general methods. Under the tested conditions,        nerolidol, copalol, copalal, manooloxy, gamma-ambryl acetate and        gamma-ambrol were identified in all cultures using GC-MS/FID        analysis (FIG. 33 ). In the cultures of YST257 and YST258,        gamma-ambrol represented 16% and 29%, respectively, of the sum        of identified terpenes.

Example 21: In-Vivo Production of γ-Ambrol by Combining theEnal-Cleaving Activity, the BVMO Activity and the Esterase Activity inE. coli Cells

A first vector was designed containing two operons each under thecontrol of a T5 promoter. The first operon contains two cDNAs encodingfor:

-   -   The AspWeTPP phosphatase from Aspergillus wentii (SEQ ID        NO: 170) (GenBank accession OJJ34585.1); and    -   PvCPS, a copalyl-diphosphate synthase from Talaromyces        verruculosus (SED ID NO: 173) (GenBank accession BBF88128.1).        PvCPS catalyzes the production of copalyl PP from IPP and DMAPP.

The cDNAs encoding for AspWeTPP and PvCPS were codon optimized (SEQ IDNOs: 171 and 174) and the operon was designed containing the two cDNAsand an RBS sequence (AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQ ID NO: 196) placed upstream ofeach the cDNAs.

The second operon contains two cDNAs encoding for:

-   -   SCH94-3944, an enal-cleaving polypeptide from Rhodococcus (SEQ        ID NO: 34),    -   SCH94-3945, an alcohol dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus (SEQ ID        NO: 161).

The cDNAs encoding for SCH94-3945 and SCH94-3944 were codon optimized(SEQ ID NOs: 162 and 35) and the operon was designed containing the twocDNAs and an RBS sequence (AAGGAGGTAAAAAA) (SEQ ID NO: 196) placedupstream of each the cDNAs.

The two operons were assembled in a single vector, providing pJ401-Mnoxyallowing to express all gene of the biosynthetic pathway from FPP tomanooloxy.

Bacteria cells (DP1205) were co-transformed with the plasmidpJ401-Manoxy and with a second plasmid:

-   -   pJ423-SCH24-BVMO carrying a gene encoding for a BVMO, SCH24-BVMO        (SEQ ID NO: 7) alone,    -   pJ423-SCH24-BVMO-SCH24-EST, containing an operon composed of        cDNA encoding for a BVMO, SCH24-BVMO1 (SEQ ID NO: 7), and a cDNA        encoding for an esterase, SCH24-EST (SEQ ID NO: 25),    -   or a control plasmid pJ423.

The transformed cells were cultivated and the production terpenes wasanalysed as described above under the conditions described in theexperimental section.

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-Mnoxy and with anempty pJ423 vector, formation of only manooloxy was observed. (FIG. 34-A).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-Mnoxy and withpJ423-SCH24-BVMO, formation of γ-ambryl acetate was observed (FIG. 34-B).

When cells were transformed with the vector pJ401-Mnoxy and withpJ423-SCH24-BVMO-SCH24-EST, formation of γ-ambrol was observed (FIG. 34-B).

This experiment shows that the following pathway can be introduced in ahost cell to produce gamma-ambrol.

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TABLE Overview of Sequences SEQ ID Description Source Type BVMOs 1SCH23-BVMO1_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra NA 2 SCH23-BVMO1_wt Hyphozymaroseonigra AA 3 SCH23-BVMO1_ Hyphozyma roseonigra NA E. coli optimized 4SCH23-BVMO1_ Hyphozyma roseonigra NA Yeast optimized 5 SCH24-BVMO1_wtFilobasidium magnum NA 6 SCH24-BVMO1_wt Filobasidium magnum AA 7SCH24-BVMO1_ Filobasidium magnum NA E. coli optimized 8 SCH24-BVMO1_Filobasidium magnum NA Yeast optimized 9 SCH25-BVMO1_wt Papiliotremalaurentii NA 10 SCH25-BVMO1_wt Papiliotrema laurentii AA 11 SCH25-BVMO1_Papiliotrema laurentii NA E. coli optimized 12 SCH46-BVMO1_wtBensingtonia ciliata NA 13 SCH46-BVMO1_wt Bensingtonia ciliata AA 14SCH46-BVMO1_ Bensingtonia ciliata NA E. coli optimized 15 AspWeBVMO_wtAspergillus wentii NA 16 AspWeBVMO_wt Aspergillus wentii AA (OJJ34587.1)17 AspWeBVMO_ Aspergillus wentii NA E. coli optimized 18 AspWeBVMO_Aspergillus wentii NA Yeast optimized Esterases 19 SCH23-EST_wtHyphozyma roseonigra NA 20 SCH23-EST_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra AA 21SCH23-EST_ Hyphozyma roseonigra NA E. coli optimized 22 SCH23-EST_Hyphozyma roseonigra NA Yeast optimized 23 SCH24-EST_wt Filobasidiummagnum NA 24 SCH24-EST_wt Filobasidium magnum AA 25 SCH24-EST_Filobasidium magnum NA E. coli optimized 26 SCH24-EST_ Filobasidiummagnum NA Yeast optimized 27 SCH25-EST_wt Papiliotrema laurentii NA 28SCH25-EST_wt Papiliotrema laurentii AA 29 SCH25-EST_ Papiliotremalaurentii NA E. coli optimized 30 SCH46-EST_wt Bensingtonia ciliata NA31 SCH46-EST_wt Bensingtonia ciliata AA 32 SCH46-EST_ Bensingtoniaciliata NA E. coli optimized Enal-cleaving polypeptides 33 SCH94-3944_wtRhodococcus erythropolis NA 34 SCH94-3944_wt Rhodococcus erythropolis AA35 SCH94-3944_ Rhodococcus erythropolis NA E. coli optimized 36SCH94-3944_ Rhodococcus erythropolis NA Yeast optimized 37SCH80-05241_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 38 SCH80-05241_wt Rhodococcusrhodochrous AA 39 SCH80-05241_ Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA E. colioptimized 40 SCH80-05241_ Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA Yeast optimized 41Pdigit7033_wt Penicillium digitatum NA 42 Pdigit7033_wt Penicilliumdigitatum AA 43 Pdigit7033_ Penicillium digitatum NA E. coli optimized44 Pdigit7033_ Penicillium digitatum NA Yeast optimized 45PitalDUF4334-1_wt Penicillium italicum NA (JQGA01001114.1 71518-72084(+)) 46 PitalDUF4334-1_wt Penicillium italicum AA (KGO69886.1) 47PitalDUF4334-1_ Penicillium italicum NA E. coli optimized 48 AspWeDUF4334_wt Aspergillus wentii NA (LISE01000065.1 (263404 to 263924)) 49AspWe DUF4334_wt Aspergillus wentii AA (OJJ43591) 50 AspWe DUF4334_Aspergillus wentii NA E. coli optimized 51 AspWe DUF4334_ Aspergilluswentii NA Yeast optimized 52 RhoagDUF4334-2_wt Rhodococcus hoagii strainNA (NZ_LWTW01000167.1 PAM2288 18658-19134 (−)) 53 RhoagDUF4334-2_wtRhodococcus hoagii strain AA (WP_005516054) PAM2288 54 RhoagDUF4334-2_Rhodococcus hoagii strain NA E. coli optimized PAM2288 55RhoagDUF4334-3_wt Rhodococcus hoagii strain NA (NZ_LRQY01000021.1 N128163210-163686 (−)) 56 RhoagDUF4334-3_wt Rhodococcus hoagii strain AA(WP_013414658) N128 57 RhoagDUF4334-3_ Rhodococcus hoagii strain NA E.coli optimized N128 58 RhoagDUF4334-4_wt Rhodococcus hoagii NA(NZ_BCRL01000037.1 133790-134266 (+)) 59 RhoagDUF4334-4_wt Rhodococcushoagii AA (WP_022593671) 60 RhoagDUF4334-4_ NA E. coli optimized 61CnecaDUF4334_wt Cupriavidus necator NA (CP002879.1: 512553-513138) 62CnecaDUF4334_wt Cupriavidus necator AA (WP_049800708.1) 63 CnecaDUF4334_Cupriavidus necator NA E. coli optimized 64 CnecaDUF4334_ Cupriavidusnecator NA Yeast optimized 65 PitalDUF4334-2_wt Penicillium italicum NA(JQGA01000120.1 65652-66635 (+)) 66 PitalDUF4334-2_wt Penicilliumitalicum AA (KGO77618.1) 67 PitalDUF4334-2_ Penicillium italicum NA E.coli optimized 68 Rins-DUF4334_wt Ralstonia insidiosa NA(NZ_PKPC01000002.1 18273-18773 (−)) 69 Rins-DUF4334_wt Ralstoniainsidiosa AA (WP_104654734) 70 Rins-DUF4334_ Ralstonia insidiosa NA E.coli optimized 71 CgatDUF4334_wt Cryptococcus gattii NA EJ B2 72CgatDUF4334_wt Cryptococcus gattii AA (KIR80015) EJ B2 73 CgatDUF4334_Cryptococcus gattii NA E. coli optimized EJ B2 74 GclavDUF4334_wtGrosmannia clavigera NA (XM_014316402.1) kw1407 75 GclavDUF4334_wt (XP_Grosmannia clavigera AA 014171877.1) kw1407 76 GclavDUF4334_ Grosmanniaclavigera NA E. coli optimized kw1407 77 OmaiusDUF4334_wt Oidiodendronmaius Zn NA (KN832882.1 673187-675938 (−)) 78 OmaiusDUF4334_wtOidiodendron maius Zn AA (KIM97275) 79 OmaiusDUF4334_ Oidiodendron maiusZn NA E. coli optimized 80 TcurvaDUF4334_wt Thermomonospora NA(NC_013510.1) curvata 81 Tcurva DUF4334_wt Thermomonospora AA(WP_012851400.1) curvata 82 TcurvaDUF4334_ Thermomonospora NA E. colioptimized curvata 83 DlitoDUF4334_wt (NZ_ Pseudomonas litoralis NALT629748.1 3096922-3097413 (+)) 84 DlitoDUF4334_wt Pseudomonas litoralisAA (WP_090274689) 85 DlitoDUF4334_ Pseudomonas litoralis NA E. colioptimized 86 PprotDUF4334_wt Pseudomonas protegens NA (NC_021237.15528027-5528524 (−)) 87 PprotDUF4334_wt Pseudomonas protegens AA(WP_015636872.1) 88 PprotDUF4334_ Pseudomonas protegens NA E. colioptimized 89 SCH94-3944-W44A_variant artificial AA 90 SCH94-3944-W44A_artificial NA E. coli optimized 91 SCH94-3944-T51A_variant artificial AA92 SCH94-3944-T51A _ artificial NA E. coli optimized 93SCH94-3944-H53A_variant artificial AA 94 SCH94-3944-H53A_ artificial NAE. coli optimized 95 SCH94-3944-L59A_variant artificial AA 96SCH94-3944-L59A_ artificial NA E. coli optimized 97SCH94-3944-W64A_variant artificial AA 98 SCH94-3944-W64A_ artificial NAE. coli optimized 99 SCH94-3944-K67A_variant artificial AA 100SCH94-3944-K67A_ artificial NA E. coli optimized 101SCH94-3944-S71A_variant artificial AA 102 SCH94-3944-S71A_ artificial NAE. coli optimized 103 SCH94-3944-R106A_variant artificial AA 104SCH94-3944-R106A_ artificial NA E. coli optimized 105SCH94-3944-Y115A_variant artificial AA 106 SCH94-3944-Y115A_ artificialNA E. coli optimized 107 SCH94-3944-D116A_variant artificial AA 108SCH94-3944-D116A_ artificial NA E. coli optimized 109SCH94-3944-D122A_variant artificial AA 110 SCH94-3944-D122A_ artificialNA E. coli optimized 111 SCH94-3944-M136A_variant artificial AA 112SCH94-3944-M136A_ E. coli artificial NA optimized 113SCH94-3944-K139A_variant artificial AA 114 SCH94-3944-K139A artificialNA E. coli optimized 115 SCH94-3944-F152A_variant artificial AA 116SCH94-3944-F152A_ artificial NA E. coli optimized 117SCH94-3944-L154A_variant artificial AA 118 SCH94-3944-L154A_ artificialNA E. coli optimized 119 SCH94-3944-R156A_variant artificial AA 120SCH94-3944-R156A_ E. coli artificial NA optimized Cassettes and primers121 Integration cassette fragment 1 artificial NA 122 Integrationcassette fragment 2 artificial NA 123 Integration cassette fragment 3artificial NA 124 LEU2 yeast marker_primer 1 artificial NA 125 LEU2yeast marker_primer 2 artificial NA 126 AmpR E. coli marker_primer 1artificial NA 127 AmpR E. coli marker_primer 2 artificial NA 128 Yeastorigin of replication_ artificial NA primer 1 129 Yeast origin ofreplication_ artificial NA primer 2 130 E. coli replication origin_artificial NA primer 1 131 E. coli replication origin_ artificial NAprimer 2 132 DNA fragment for S. cerevisiae artificial NAco-transformation ADHs 133 SCH23-ADH1_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra NA 134SCH23-ADH1_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra AA 135 SCH23-ADH1_ Yeast optimizedHyphozyma roseonigra NA 136 SCH23-ADH2_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra NA 137SCH23-ADH2_wt Hyphozyma roseonigra AA 138 SCH23-ADH2_ Yeast optimizedHyphozyma roseonigra NA 139 SCH24-ADH1_wt Filobasidium magnum NA 140SCH24-ADH1_wt Filobasidium magnum AA 141 SCH24-ADH1_ Yeast optimizedFilobasidium magnum NA 142 SCH24-ADH2_wt Filobasidium magnum NA 143SCH24-ADH2_wt Filobasidium magnum AA 144 SCH24-ADH2_ Yeast optimizedFilobasidium magnum NA 145 RrhSecADH_wt Rhodococcus sp. NA 146RrhSecADH_wt (WP_ Rhodococcus sp. AA 043801412.1) 147 RrhSecADH_E.colioptimized Rhodococcus sp. NA 148 SCH80-00043_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrousNA 149 SCH80-00043_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous AA 150 SCH80-00043_ E.coli optimized Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 151 SCH80-04254_wt Rhodococcusrhodochrous NA 152 SCH80-04254_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous AA 153SCH80-04254_ E. coli optimized Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 154SCH80-06135_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 155 SCH80-06135_wt Rhodococcusrhodochrous AA 156 SCH80-06135_ E. coli optimized Rhodococcusrhodochrous NA 157 SCH80-06582_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 158SCH80-06582_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous AA 159 SCH80-06582_ E. colioptimized Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 160 SCH94-03945_wt Rhodococcuserythropolis NA 161 SCH94-03945_wt Rhodococcus erythropolis AA 162SCH94-03945_ E. coli optimized Rhodococcus erythropolis NA 163SCH80-05240_wt Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA 164 SCH80-05240_wt Rhodococcusrhodochrous AA 165 SCH80-05240_ Rhodococcus rhodochrous NA E. colioptimized 166 AzeTolADH1_wt (NZ_ Azoarcus toluclasticus NA KB899498.1215502-216629 (+)) 167 AzTolADH1_wt (WP_ Azoarcus toluclasticus AA018990713.1) 168 AzTolADH1_E. coli optimized Azoarcus toluclasticus NAOther sequences 169 AspWeTPP_wt (OJJ34585.1) Aspergillus wentii NA 170AspWeTPP_wt Aspergillus wentii AA (KV878213.1:2482776- 2483627) 171AspWeTPP_E. coli optimized Aspergillus wentii NA 172 PvCPS_wt(LC316181.1) Talaromyces verruculosus NA 173 PvCPS_wt (BBF88128.1)Talaromyces verruculosus AA 174 PvCPS_E. coli optimized Talaromycesverruculosus NA 175 TalCeTPP_wt Talaromyces cellulolyticus NA(BBPS01001258.1 (16027-16959)) 176 TalCeTPP_wt (GAM42000.1) Talaromycescellulolyticus AA 177 TalCeTPP_E. coli optimized Talaromycescellulolyticus NA 178 CdGeoA_wt Castellaniella defragrans NA 179CdGeoA_wt Castellaniella defragrans AA (WP_043683915.1) 180 CdGeoA_E.coli optimized Castellaniella defragrans NA 181 GGPP synthase carG_wtBlakeslea trispora NA (AFC92798.1) 182 GGPP synthase carG_ Blakesleatrispora AA wt (JQ289995.1) 183 GGPP synthase carG_ Blakeslea trisporaNA Yeast optimized 184 SmCPS2_wt (EU003997.1 Salvia miltiorrhiza NA73-2454 (+)) 185 SmCPS2_Yeast optimized Salvia miltiorrhiza AA 186SmCPS2_Yeast optimized Salvia miltiorrhiza NA 187 SsLPS_wt (JN133923.1)Salvia sciarea NA 188 SsLPS_wt (AET21247.1) Salvia sciarea AA 189SsLPS_E. coli optimized Salvia sciarea NA 190 CrtE_wt Pantoeaagglomerans NA (M38424.1 40-963 (+)) 191 CrtE_wt (AAA24819.1) Pantoeaagglomerans AA 192 CrtE_ Yeast optimized Pantoea agglomerans NA 193TalVeTPP_wt Talaromyces verruculosus NA (LHCL01000010.1 150095-151030(+)) 194 TalVeTPP_wt (KUL89334.1) Talaromyces verruculosus AA 195TalVeTPP_Yeast optimized Talaromyces verruculosus NA 196 RBS sequenceartificial AA 197 BVMO sequence motif l artificial AA 198 BVMO sequencemotif 2 artificial AA 199 BVMO sequence motif 3 artificial AA 200 BVMOsequence motif 4 artificial AA 201 BVMO sequence motif 5 artificial AA202 BVMO sequence motif 6 artificial AA 203 BVMO sequence motif 7artificial AA 204 BVMO sequence motif 8 artificial AA 205 Enal-cleavingpolypeptide artificial AA sequence motif 1 206 Enal-cleaving polypeptideartificial AA sequence motif 2 207 Enal-cleaving polypeptide artificialAA sequence motif 3 208 Enal-cleaving polypeptide artificial AA sequencemotif 4

SEQ ID NO 1: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-BVMO1 wtATGCCTTCCGCAATCACCCCGCCGGTTGATCATCGCAGTCTTCCAGGTCTTTTCAAGCCACAGAGGAAGCTCAAAGTGATATGTGTCGGAGCCGGCGCCTCGGGCTTACTTCTTTCCTACAAGATACAACGACACTTCGAGGATTTCGAGCTCCAAGTCTTTGAGAAGAATCCCGAGGTATCAGGAACCTGGTACGAGAACAGGTATCCCGGCTGCGCTTGTGATGTTCCCTCGCATAATTATACATGGTCTTTTGAGCCCAAAACCGACTGGTCCGCCAACTATGCATCATCGAAGGAGATTTTCAAATATTTCAAGGACTTCACGAGGAAATATGGTCTAAGCAAGTACATCAAGCTGGAACATGAGGTCGTGGGAGCCACGTGGATGGAGGCGGAGGCACAGTGGAAAGTTGACGTCAAGGACCTTCGAAGTGGAAACACGCAGAGCTCGTTTGCGCATATACTGGTCAATGCAGGAGGCATTTTGAATGCTTGGCGATACCCGCCAATTCCAGGAATCAAGGATTTCAAGGGTGATCTTGTTCACTCCGCAGCTTGGCCAGAACATCTTGATCTTAATGGGAAGGTTGTCGGTCTCATCGGAAATGGATCCTCCGGCATTCAGATCCTTCCGGCCATCAAGAAGGATGTAAAGCAACTCGTTACATTCATTCGGGAAGCAACTTGGGTGGCGCCTCCTTTAGGTCAAGCCTATCGTGCGTTCTCGACTGATGAACAGGCTCAGTTTGCGCAAGATCCGCGCCATCACCTGGAGACACGGCGTGCAACTGAGGCTACCATGAATCAATCATTTGGTATCTTCCATTCGGGATCCGAGGAGCAGAAAGGGGTTCGCCAATATATGCAGAATATCATGGAAACGAAGCTCAACAACAAACAGCTCGAGAGTGTGCTGATTCCTGAGTGGTCGGTCGGTTGTCGGCGTCTTACACCAGGTACTAATTATCTAGAATCCCTGTCAGACGACAATGTCAAGGTCGTCTATGGTGAGATCACACAAATTACCGAATCGGGTGTCATCTGCGATGATGGTAAAGGCGAATATCCCGTTGAAGTTCTTATTTGCGCCACCGGCTTCGACACCACCTTCAAACCACGATTCCCACTCATCGGTACAACCCAAGAGAAACTCAGTGATGTTTGGAAAGATGATCCGAGGGGCTACTTTGGGATCGCAACCAACAACTATCCCAACTACTTCTTCACTCTTGGACCAAATTGTCCAATCGGTAATGGCCCCGTGCTGTGTGCCATTGAAGCTGAGGTTGAATATATAATCAACATGCTCTCGAAGTTTCAGAAGGAGAACATTCGTTCTTTTGATATCAAGGCAGATGCTGTCGACGCCTTCAACGACTGGAAGGATGACTTCATGAAAGATACCATCTGGGCAGAACAATGCCGGTCATGGTACAAGGCAGGATCCGCCACCGGTAAAATCCTTGCATTGTGGCCAGGCTCGACTTTGCACTACTTGGAAGCACTCAAGTCGCCGCGGTGGGAGGACTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAGCCTGGTAGAAATCGTTTCCACTACTTTGGAAATGGTCATAGCTGTGCTGAGCAGGATGGCGATCTGAGCTGGTACATTCGCAACGAGGATGATTCTTATATTGATCCGGTACTCAAGCCGAAGCCGAAGGCAGCAGTTGAAAGCGAGGCACATATCGCCCTGCCAGGAATCGGTCCGATGTTGATGGAAGACCCGCGTGATGTTGCTGTAGAGGCCTAGSEQ ID NO 2: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-BVMO1 wtMPSAITPPVDHRSLPGLFKPQRKLKVICVGAGASGLLLSYKIQRHFEDFELQVFEKNPEVSGTWYENRYPGCACDVPSHNYTWSFEPKTDWSANYASSKEIFKYFKDFTRKYGLSKYIKLEHEWGATWMEAEAQWKVDVKDLRSGNTQSSFAHILVNAGGILNAWRYPPIPGIKDFKGDLVHSAAWPEHLDLNGKVVGLIGNGSSGIQILPAIKKDVKQLVTFIREATWVAPPLGQAYRAFSTDEQAQFAQDPRHHLETRRATEATMNQSFGIFHSGSEEQKGVRQYMQNIMETKLNNKQLESVLIPEWSVGCRRLTPGTNYLESLSDDNVKVVYGEITQITESGVICDDGKGEYPVEVLICATGFDTTFKPRFPLIGTTQEKLSDVWKDDPRGYFGIATNNYPNYFFTLGPNCPIGNGPVLCAIEAEVEYIINMLSKFQKENIRSFDIKADAVDAFNDWKDDFMKDTIWAEQCRSWYKAGSATGKILALWPGSTLHYLEALKSPRWEDWDFKYQPGRNRFHYFGNGHSCAEQDGDLSWYIRNEDDSYIDPVLKPKPKAAVESEAHIALPGIGPMLMEDPRDVAVEASEQ ID NO 3: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-BVMO1 E. coli optimizedATGCCGTCTGCCATTACTCCACCTGTTGATCACCGTTCCCTGCCGGGCCTGTTTAAACCGCAGCGCAAGCTGAAAGTGATTTGCGTGGGCGCGGGTGCGAGCGGCCTGCTGTTGAGCTACAAGATTCAGCGCCACTTCGAAGATTTCGAGCTGCAAGTGTTTGAGAAGAACCCTGAAGTTAGCGGTACGTGGTACGAGAACCGTTATCCGGGTTGTGCGTGCGATGTGCCGAGCCATAACTACACCTGGAGCTTTGAGCCGAAAACGGATTGGTCCGCCAATTATGCGAGCAGCAAAGAGATTTTCAAATATTTCAAAGATTTTACGCGTAAATATGGTCTGTCTAAATACATTAAATTGGAACATGAAGTGGTCGGCGCGACCTGGATGGAAGCCGAGGCGCAGTGGAAAGTTGACGTTAAAGATCTGCGCAGCGGTAACACCCAGTCCAGCTTCGCGCATATCCTGGTTAACGCCGGCGGCATTCTGAATGCCTGGCGTTATCCGCCGATTCCGGGCATCAAAGATTTCAAGGGTGACCTGGTGCATAGCGCAGCATGGCCGGAGCATTTGGACCTGAATGGCAAAGTCGTTGGTCTGATCGGCAACGGTAGCAGCGGTATCCAAATCCTGCCGGCAATTAAGAAAGACGTGAAGCAACTGGTGACGTTTATCCGTGAAGCCACCTGGGTCGCACCGCCGCTGGGTCAAGCGTACCGTGCGTTTTCCACCGACGAGCAAGCACAGTTTGCGCAGGACCCGCGCCACCACCTGGAAACCCGTCGTGCGACCGAAGCCACCATGAATCAGAGCTTTGGTATTTTCCATAGCGGCAGCGAAGAACAGAAAGGTGTCCGCCAGTACATGCAAAACATTATGGAAACCAAGCTGAATAATAAGCAACTGGAGAGCGTCCTGATTCCGGAGTGGAGCGTCGGCTGTCGTCGTCTGACCCCGGGCACGAACTACCTGGAAAGCCTGAGCGACGACAATGTCAAAGTTGTGTACGGTGAGATTACCCAAATCACCGAGAGCGGTGTCATCTGCGATGACGGCAAGGGTGAGTATCCGGTTGAAGTCCTGATCTGCGCCACCGGTTTTGATACGACCTTTAAACCGCGCTTCCCGCTGATCGGTACGACCCAGGAAAAGCTGAGCGACGTGTGGAAAGATGATCCGCGCGGTTACTTCGGCATCGCGACGAATAATTATCCGAACTATTTCTTCACGCTGGGTCCGAACTGCCCGATCGGTAATGGCCCGGTCCTGTGTGCGATCGAAGCCGAAGTTGAGTACATCATCAACATGCTGAGCAAGTTTCAGAAAGAAAATATTCGCTCCTTCGACATTAAAGCCGACGCGGTGGACGCGTTTAATGATTGGAAAGACGATTTCATGAAAGATACCATCTGGGCAGAACAGTGCCGTAGCTGGTACAAGGCCGGCAGCGCGACCGGCAAGATTCTGGCACTGTGGCCGGGCAGCACGCTGCACTACCTGGAAGCGCTGAAAAGCCCGCGTTGGGAAGATTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAACCGGGCCGTAACCGTTTCCACTACTTTGGCAACGGTCACAGCTGTGCCGAGCAAGATGGCGACCTGTCCTGGTACATCCGTAATGAAGATGACAGCTACATTGACCCGGTTCTGAAACCGAAGCCGAAAGCCGCGGTGGAGAGCGAGGCACACATCGCACTGCCGGGTATTGGCCCGATGCTGATGGAAGATCCGCGTGATGTCGCGGTTGAGGCGTA ASEQ ID NO 4: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-BVMO1 Yeast optimizedATGCCATCTGCTATCACTCCACCAGTTGACCACAGATCTTTGCCAGGTTTGTTCAAGCCACAAAGAAAGTTGAAGGTTATCTGTGTTGGTGCTGGTGCTTCTGGTTTGTTGTTGTCTTACAAGATCCAAAGACACTTCGAAGACTTCGAATTGCAAGTTTTCGAAAAGAACCCAGAAGTTTCTGGTACTTGGTACGAAAACAGATACCCAGGTTGTGCTTGTGACGTTCCATCTCACAACTACACTTGGTCTTTCGAACCAAAGACTGACTGGTCTGCTAACTACGCTTCTTCTAAGGAAATCTTCAAGTACTTCAAGGACTTCACTAGAAAGTACGGTTTGTCTAAGTACATCAAGTTGGAACACGAAGTTGTTGGTGCTACTTGGATGGAAGCTGAAGCTCAATGGAAGGTTGACGTTAAGGACTTGAGATCTGGTAACACTCAATCTTCTTTCGCTCACATCTTGGTTAACGCTGGTGGTATCTTGAACGCTTGGAGATACCCACCAATCCCAGGTATCAAGGACTTCAAGGGTGACTTGGTTCACTCTGCTGCTTGGCCAGAACACTTGGACTTGAACGGTAAGGTTGTTGGTTTGATCGGTAACGGTTCTTCTGGTATCCAAATCTTGCCAGCTATCAAGAAGGACGTTAAGCAATTGGTTACTTTCATCAGAGAAGCTACTTGGGTTGCTCCACCATTGGGTCAAGCTTACAGAGCTTTCTCTACTGACGAACAAGCTCAATTCGCTCAAGACCCAAGACACCACTTGGAAACTAGAAGAGCTACTGAAGCTACTATGAACCAATCTTTCGGTATCTTCCACTCTGGTTCTGAAGAACAAAAGGGTGTTAGACAATACATGCAAAACATCATGGAAACTAAGTTGAACAACAAGCAATTGGAATCTGTTTTGATCCCAGAATGGTCTGTTGGTTGTAGAAGATTGACTCCAGGTACTAACTACTTGGAATCTTTGTCTGACGACAACGTTAAGGTTGTTTACGGTGAAATCACTCAAATCACTGAATCTGGTGTTATCTGTGACGACGGTAAGGGTGAATACCCAGTTGAAGTTTTGATCTGTGCTACTGGTTTCGACACTACTTTCAAGCCAAGATTCCCATTGATCGGTACTACTCAAGAAAAGTTGTCTGACGTTTGGAAGGACGACCCAAGAGGTTACTTCGGTATCGCTACTAACAACTACCCAAACTACTTCTTCACTTTGGGTCCAAACTGTCCAATCGGTAACGGTCCAGTTTTGTGTGCTATCGAAGCTGAAGTTGAATACATCATCAACATGTTGTCTAAGTTCCAAAAGGAAAACATCAGATCTTTCGACATCAAGGCTGACGCTGTTGACGCTTTCAACGACTGGAAGGACGACTTCATGAAGGACACTATCTGGGCTGAACAATGTAGATCTTGGTACAAGGCTGGTTCTGCTACTGGTAAGATCTTGGCTTTGTGGCCAGGTTCTACTTTGCACTACTTGGAAGCTTTGAAGTCTCCAAGATGGGAAGACTGGGACTTCAAGTACCAACCAGGTAGAAACAGATTCCACTACTTCGGTAACGGTCACTCTTGTGCTGAACAAGACGGTGACTTGTCTTGGTACATCAGAAACGAAGACGACTCTTACATCGACCCAGTTTTGAAGCCAAAGCCAAAGGCTGCTGTTGAATCTGAAGCTCACATCGCTTTGCCAGGTATCGGTCCAATGTTGATGGAAGACCCAAGAGACGTTGCTGTTGAAGCTTAASEQ ID NO 5: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-BVMO1 wtATGACTATCGATTTGCAGCAGCCCGACGCCGTGCCATTCACCTCTTCGACTTTTGTCGTGCCGGATCCATCGAACCTGGCCTCTCAGGCACAGAATTCACAGCTCCAATCTGCTCAAGAAGGAGCAGAGTACCCTGTGAACGCACATGGGGTTCGAGGAGATGGAACGATTCATGAACGACCGATCAACGATCGCAGGAAGATGCGCGTCATCTGCGTCGGTGCAGGCATCTCAGGTCTCTATATGGCCATCAAGCTCCCTCGAAGTACGGAAAATGTAGAGCTCAAGATCTACGAGAAGAATCACGATCTCGGTGGGACCTGGCTGGAGAATAGGTATCCAGGATGCGCTTGTGATGTACCAGCCCATGCCTACGCATACAGCTTCGAGAACAACCCCGAATTTCCTAGATTCTTTTCGAGCTCGGAAGACATCCACAAGTACTTGCTTCGCGTGGCTGATAAATATGATTGCAAGAAATACATCGCATTCAACACCAAAGTAGTCGAGGCCATTTGGGACGAAGAACAGGGCATCTATAACGTCAAGATTGAACGCTCGGATGGCACAGTATTCCAGGACACGTGCGAAGTTCTATTGAACGCTTCTGGTATCCTTAACGCCTGGAGGTACCCTGGGATTCCTGGAATTAAGGACTACAAGGGCACGTTAATGCACTCGGCTACCTGGGACCGATCCGTGTCCCTGAAAGGCAAAAAGGTTGCCCTCATCGGATCAGGATCATCAGGCATTCAGATCTTGCCCAACATCCTTGACGATTGCAAAGAGGTCGTGACATACATCATTGATCCAGCCTGGATTGCCCCTGCGAATCTTGTCACGGCTGGAGTCTCGGACGACGGTGAAGAGCCTAAGGAGCCGACGCCTGAAGAATTGGCGTCGAGTAGTGACTTCGCCTACTCGCAAGAGCAAATCAATGGCTTCAAGAAGGACCCTAAGTCACTGATGGATCATCGAGCAACGCTCGAAAGGACGATGAATCAGTCTTTCCCCATCTTACTCAGAGGCTCACCGTCCAACCTTTATGCCGCTTCTCTCTTTGAAGACCTGATGAGGAAACGCCTTGCCAAGAAGCCTGAGGTAGCGGATGCCATCATCCCCGAATGGTCAATCGGTTGCCGACGTCTCACTCCTGGACCACACTATCTTGAGGCCTTGTGCAATCCCAAGGTCAAGATCTTGACCCAAGCTATCAAGTCCTTCTCCGATAAGGGAATGTACACTGCCGATGGCGAACACGAAGACTTTGACGTGGTGATATGCGCGACTGGATTCGACGTATCGTTCCGACCCCGATTCAAATTTATCGGCAAGGACGGGTATGAGGTGCCCGAGAACTTTGGTCAGACTCCCAAAGGTTACCTCGCTCTCGCTTACGCCGGTTTCCCTAATTCGTTCATCTTCATGGGGCCGAACGGACCTATCGCCAACGGATCTGTCGTGGTCTCCCTGGAGAAACAAGGCGACTACTTCATCAAGGCGATCAACAAGATCCAAAGGCAGAATATAAAAGGCATGACTGTCAGATTCGATGCGGTCGATGATTTCACCAACCACGTAGACAAATACATGGATAGGACCGTGCTCACCGATGACTGCATCAGCTGGTACAAGAACGGGAAACGAGACGGACGAGTCAGTGCCGTCTGGCCTGGGAGCGCACTTCATTATATGGAGGCCATCGCCGACCCTAGATGGGAGGATTACACCTACACTTATCGCGAACCCGGTCATTCTTTTTCGTTCTTGGGAGATGGGACGTCCTGGGTCGAACACACCGGAGGAGACACGGCTTGGTACCTGAAAGAGACCCTC TAASEQ ID NO 6: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-BVMO1 wtMTIDLQQPDAVPFTSSTFVVPDPSNLASQAQNSQLQSAQEGAEYPVNAHGVRGDGTIHERPINDRRKMRVICVGAGISGLYMAIKLPRSTENVELKIYEKNHDLGGTWLENRYPGCACDVPAHAYAYSFENNPEFPRFFSSSEDIHKYLLRVADKYDCKKYIAFNTKVVEAIWDEEQGIYNVKIERSDGTVFQDTCEVLLNASGILNAWRYPGIPGIKDYKGTLMHSATWDRSVSLKGKKVALIGSGSSGIQILPNILDDCKEVVTYIIDPAWIAPANLVTAGVSDDGEEPKEPTPEELASSSDFAYSQEQINGFKKDPKSLMDHRATLERTMNQSFPILLRGSPSNLYAASLFEDLMRKRLAKKPEVADAIIPEWSIGCRRLTPGPHYLEALCNPKVKILTQAIKSFSDKGMYTADGEHEDFDVVICATGFDVSFRPRFKFIGKDGYEVPENFGQTPKGYLALAYAGFPNSFIFMGPNGPIANGSVVVSLEKQGDYFIKAINKIQRQNIKGMTVRFDAVDDFTNHVDKYMDRTVLTDDCISWYKNGKRDGRVSAVWPGSALHYMEAIADPRWEDYTYTYREPGHSFSFLGDGTSWVEHTGGDTAWYLKETLSEQ ID NO 7: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-BVMO1 E. coli optimizedATGACCATCGATTTGCAACAGCCAGACGCAGTCCCGTTTACGAGCAGCACTTTCGTCGTACCGGACCCGTCCAACCTGGCATCCCAGGCTCAAAACAGCCAACTGCAGAGCGCGCAAGAGGGCGCAGAGTACCCGGTGAATGCACACGGTGTCCGCGGTGACGGCACCATTCACGAGCGTCCGATCAATGACCGTCGTAAAATGCGCGTCATCTGCGTTGGTGCGGGTATTAGCGGCCTGTATATGGCGATCAAACTGCCGCGCAGCACCGAGAATGTTGAACTGAAGATCTACGAGAAAAACCATGACCTCGGCGGCACGTGGCTGGAGAATCGCTACCCTGGCTGCGCGTGCGATGTTCCGGCGCATGCGTATGCATATTCTTTTGAGAATAATCCGGAATTTCCACGCTTTTTCAGCAGCAGCGAGGATATCCACAAGTACCTGTTGCGTGTTGCGGACAAGTACGACTGTAAGAAATACATCGCCTTTAACACCAAAGTCGTTGAGGCTATCTGGGACGAAGAACAGGGTATTTACAATGTGAAGATTGAGCGTAGCGACGGCACCGTGTTCCAGGACACCTGTGAGGTGCTGCTGAACGCGAGCGGTATTCTGAATGCCTGGCGCTACCCGGGCATCCCTGGCATTAAGGATTACAAAGGTACGCTGATGCACAGCGCTACCTGGGACCGTAGCGTTTCTTTGAAAGGCAAAAAAGTCGCACTGATTGGCAGCGGTAGCAGCGGTATCCAGATTCTGCCGAACATTCTGGACGACTGCAAAGAAGTGGTCACGTACATTATCGACCCGGCGTGGATTGCTCCGGCTAACCTGGTGACCGCGGGTGTCTCCGATGATGGTGAGGAACCGAAAGAGCCAACCCCTGAGGAACTGGCCTCATCCTCCGACTTCGCTTATAGCCAGGAACAGATTAACGGCTTCAAGAAAGATCCGAAGTCGCTGATGGATCACCGCGCCACGCTGGAGCGTACCATGAATCAATCGTTTCCGATTCTGCTGCGTGGCTCTCCGAGCAACTTGTATGCCGCAAGCCTGTTCGAGGATTTGATGCGTAAGCGTCTGGCGAAGAAGCCGGAAGTTGCGGACGCGATTATCCCGGAGTGGAGCATCGGTTGCAGACGCCTGACGCCGGGTCCGCATTACCTGGAAGCACTGTGTAACCCGAAAGTGAAGATCCTGACTCAGGCGATCAAGAGCTTTAGCGATAAGGGCATGTATACTGCGGACGGTGAGCATGAAGATTTCGATGTTGTCATTTGTGCGACCGGTTTCGATGTGAGCTTTCGTCCGCGCTTCAAGTTTATTGGTAAAGATGGCTATGAAGTCCCAGAGAATTTCGGCCAAACGCCGAAAGGTTATCTGGCACTGGCGTACGCCGGCTTCCCGAACAGCTTCATCTTTATGGGTCCGAACGGTCCGATTGCGAACGGTAGCGTTGTGGTGAGCCTGGAGAAGCAAGGTGACTACTTCATTAAAGCGATCAATAAGATCCAGCGTCAAAACATTAAGGGTATGACCGTTCGTTTCGACGCCGTGGATGATTTTACGAATCACAGTGGACAAATACATGGACCGTACGGTGCTGACCGACGATTGCATCAGCTGGTACAAGAATGGTAAACGTGACGGTCGTGTTAGCGCAGTTTGGCCGGGTTCCGCGCTGCACTATATGGAAGCCATCGCAGACCCGCGTTGGGAAGATTACACCTACACCTATCGCGAACCGGGTCACTCTTTTAGCTTCCTGGGTGATGGCACCAGCTGGGTTGAGCATACGGGTGGCGATACCGCCTGGTATTTGAAAGAAACCCTGTAA SEQ ID NO 8: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-BVMO1 Yeast optimizedATGACTATCGACTTGCAACAACCAGACGCTGTTCCATTCACTTCTTCTACTTTCGTTGTTCCAGACCCATCTAACTTGGCTTCTCAAGCTCAAAACTCTCAATTGCAATCTGCTCAAGAAGGTGCTGAATACCCAGTTAACGCTCACGGTGTTAGAGGTGACGGTACTATCCACGAAAGACCAATCAACGACAGAAGAAAGATGAGAGTTATCTGTGTTGGTGCTGGTATCTCTGGTTTGTACATGGCTATCAAGTTGCCAAGATCTACTGAAAACGTTGAATTGAAGATCTACGAAAAGAACCACGACTTGGGTGGTACTTGGTTGGAAAACAGATACCCAGGTTGTGCTTGTGACGTTCCAGCTCACGCTTACGCTTACTCTTTCGAAAACAACCCAGAATTCCCAAGATTCTTCTCTTCTTCTGAAGACATCCACAAGTACTTGTTGAGAGTTGCTGACAAGTACGACTGTAAGAAGTACATCGCTTTCAACACTAAGGTTGTTGAAGCTATCTGGGACGAAGAACAAGGTATCTACAACGTTAAGATCGAAAGATCTGACGGTACTGTTTTCCAAGACACTTGTGAAGTTTTGTTGAACGCTTCTGGTATCTTGAACGCTTGGAGATACCCAGGTATCCCAGGTATCAAGGACTACAAGGGTACTTTGATGCACTCTGCTACTTGGGACAGATCTGTTTCTTTGAAGGGTAAGAAGGTTGCTTTGATCGGTTCTGGTTCTTCTGGTATCCAAATCTTGCCAAACATCTTGGACGACTGTAAGGAAGTTGTTACTTACATCATCGACCCAGCTTGGATCGCTCCAGCTAACTTGGTTACTGCTGGTGTTTCTGACGACGGTGAAGAACCAAAGGAACCAACTCCAGAAGAATTGGCTTCTTCTTCTGACTTCGCTTACTCTCAAGAACAAATCAACGGTTTCAAGAAGGACCCAAAGTCTTTGATGGACCACAGAGCTACTTTGGAAAGAACTATGAACCAATCTTTCCCAATCTTGTTGAGAGGTTCTCCATCTAACTTGTACGCTGCTTCTTTGTTCGAAGACTTGATGAGAAAGAGATTGGCTAAGAAGCCAGAAGTTGCTGACGCTATCATCCCAGAATGGTCTATCGGTTGTAGAAGATTGACTCCAGGTCCACACTACTTGGAAGCTTTGTGTAACCCAAAGGTTAAGATCTTGACTCAAGCTATCAAGTCTTTCTCTGACAAGGGTATGTACACTGCTGACGGTGAACACGAAGACTTCGACGTTGTTATCTGTGCTACTGGTTTCGACGTTTCTTTCAGACCAAGATTCAAGTTCATCGGTAAGGACGGTTACGAAGTTCCAGAAAACTTCGGTCAAACTCCAAAGGGTTACTTGGCTTTGGCTTACGCTGGTTTCCCAAACTCTTTCATCTTCATGGGTCCAAACGGTCCAATCGCTAACGGTTCTGTTGTTGTTTCTTTGGAAAAGCAAGGTGACTACTTCATCAAGGCTATCAACAAGATCCAAAGACAAAACATCAAGGGTATGACTGTTAGATTCGACGCTGTTGACGACTTCACTAACCACGTTGACAAGTACATGGACAGAACTGTTTTGACTGACGACTGTATCTCTTGGTACAAGAACGGTAAGAGAGACGGTAGAGTTTCTGCTGTTTGGCCAGGTTCTGCTTTGCACTACATGGAAGCTATCGCTGACCCAAGATGGGAAGACTACACTTACACTTACAGAGAACCAGGTCACTCTTTCTCTTTCTTGGGTGACGGTACTTCTTGGGTTGAACACACTGGTGGTGACACTGCTTGGTACTTGAAGGAAACTTTGTAASEQ ID NO 9: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-BVMO1 wtATGCCTTCCGCAATCACCCCGCCGGTTGATCATCGCAGTCTTCCAGGTCTTTTCAAGCCACAGAGGAAGCTCAAAGTGATATGTGTCGGAGCCGGCGCCTCGGGCTTACTTCTTTCCTACAAGATACAACGACACTTCGAGGATTTCGAGCTCCAAGTCTTTGAGAAGAATCCTGAAGTATCAGGAACCTGGTACGAGAACAGATATCCCGGCTGCGCTTGTGATGTTCCCTCGCATAATTATACATGGTCTTTTGAGCCCAAAACCGACTGGTCCGCCAACTATGCATCATCGAAGGAGATTTTCAAATATTTCAAGGACTTCACGAAGAAGTATGGTCTTAGCAAGTACATCAAGCTGGAGCATGAGGTCGTGGGGGCCACGTGGATGGAGGCGGAGGCACAGTGGAAAGTTGACGTCAAGGACCTTCGAAGTGGAAACACGCAGAGCTCGTTTGCGCATATACTGGTCAATGCAGGAGGCATTCTGAATGCTTGGCGATATCCGCCAATTCCAGGAATCAAGGATTTCAAGGGTGATCTTGTCCACTCCGCAGCTTGGCCAGAACATCTTGATCTTAATGGGAAGGTTGTCGGTCTCATCGGAAATGGATCCTCCGGCATTCAGATCCTTCCGGCCATCAAGAAGGATGTAAAGCAACTCGTTACATTCATTCGGGAAGCAACTTGGGTGGCGCCTCCTTTAGGTCAAGCCTATCGTGCGTTCTCGACTGATGAACAGGCTCAGTTTGCGCAAGATCCGCGCCATCACCTGGAGACACGGCGTGCAATTGAGGCTACCATGAATCAATCATTTGGTATCTTCCATTCGGGATCCGAGGAGCAGAAAGGGGTTCGCCAATATATGCAGAATATCATGGAAACGAAGCTCAACAACAAACAGCTCGAGAGTGTGCTGATTCCTGAGTGGTCGGTCGGTTGTCGGCGTCTTACACCAGGTACTAATTACCTAGAATCCCTGTCGGACGACAATGTCAAGGTCGTCTACGGTGAGATCACACAAATTACCGAATTGGGTGTCATCTGCGATGATGGCAAAGGCGAGTATCCCGTTGAAGTTCTTATTTGCGCCACTGGCTTCGACACCACCTTCAAACCACGATTCCCACTCATCGGTACAACCCAAGAGAAACTCAGTGATGTTTGGAAAGATGATCCGAGGGGTTACTTCGGGATTGCAACCAACAACTATCCCAACTACTTCTTCACTCTTGGACCGAATTGTCCAATCGGTAATGGCCCCGTGCTGTGTGCCATCGAAGCTGAGGTTGATTATATAATCAACATGCTCTCAAAGTTTCAAATGGAGAACATTCGTTCTTTTGATATCAAGGCAGATGCTGTCGACGCCTTCAACGACTGGAAGGATGACTTCATGAAAGATACCATCTGGGCAGAACAATGCCGGTCATGGTACAAGGCAGGATCTGCCACCGGTAAAATCCTTGCATTGTGGCCAGGCTCGACTTTGCACTACTTGGAAGCACTCAAGTCGCCGCGGTGGGAGGATTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAGCCTGGTAGAAATCGTTTCCACTACTTTGGAAATGGTCATAGCTGTGCTGAGCAGGATGGCGATCTGAGCTGGTACATTCGCAACGAGGATGATTCTTATATTGATCCGGTACTCAAGCCAAAGTCGAAGGCAGCAATTGAGAGCGAGGCACATATCGCCCTGCCAGGAATCGGTCCGATGTTGATGGAAGACCCGCGTGATGTTGCTGTAGAGGCCTAGSEQ ID NO 10: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-BVMO1 wtMPSAITPPVDHRSLPGLFKPQRKLKVICVGAGASGLLLSYKIQRHFEDFELQVFEKNPEVSGTWYENRYPGCACDVPSHNYTWSFEPKTDWSANYASSKEIFKYFKDFTKKYGLSKYIKLEHEVVGATWMEAEAQWKVDVKDLRSGNTQSSFAHILVNAGGILNAWRYPPIPGIKDFKGDLVHSAAWPEHLDLNGKVVGLIGNGSSGIQILPAIKKDVKQLVTFIREATWVAPPLGQAYRAFSTDEQAQFAQDPRHHLETRRAIEATMNQSFGIFHSGSEEQKGVRQYMQNIMETKLNNKQLESVLIPEWSVGCRRLTPGTNYLESLSDDNVKVVYGEITQITELGVICDDGKGEYPVEVLICATGFDTTFKPRFPLIGTTQEKLSDVWKDDPRGYFGIATNNYPNYFFTLGPNCPIGNGPVLCAIEAEVDYIINMLSKFQMENIRSFDIKADAVDAFNDWKDDFMKDTIWAEQCRSWYKAGSATGKILALWPGSTLHYLEALKSPRWEDWDFKYQPGRNRFHYFGNGHSCAEQDGDLSWYIRNEDDSYIDPVLKPKSKAAIESEAHIALPGIGPMLMEDPRDVAVEASEQ ID NO 11: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-BVMO1 E. coli optimizedATGCCATCTGCCATTACTCCACCTGTTGATCATCGTAGCCTGCCGGGTCTGTTCAAGCCGCAACGTAAGTTGAAAGTGATCTGTGTTGGCGCGGGCGCGAGCGGCCTGTTGCTGAGCTACAAGATTCAGCGTCACTTTGAGGACTTTGAGTTGCAAGTTTTTGAGAAAAACCCTGAAGTGAGCGGCACCTGGTACGAGAATCGCTACCCGGGTTGCGCGTGCGATGTTCCGAGCCATAACTATACCTGGTCTTTTGAGCCGAAAACGGATTGGTCCGCAAACTATGCCAGCAGCAAAGAAATTTTCAAGTACTTCAAAGATTTCACCAAGAAATATGGTCTGTCTAAATACATTAAACTGGAACACGAAGTCGTGGGTGCGACGTGGATGGAAGCGGAAGCTCAATGGAAAGTTGACGTCAAAGACTTGCGTAGCGGCAACACCCAGAGCTCCTTCGCGCACATTCTGGTCAATGCCGGTGGCATTCTGAACGCTTGGCGTTACCCGCCGATTCCGGGTATCAAAGATTTTAAGGGTGACCTGGTGCACTCGGCAGCGTGGCCGGAGCATCTGGATCTGAATGGTAAAGTCGTTGGCCTGATTGGTAACGGTAGCAGCGGCATCCAAATTCTGCCGGCCATCAAAAAAGACGTGAAACAACTGGTCACGTTTATCCGTGAGGCCACGTGGGTCGCCCCGCCGCTGGGCCAAGCGTACCGCGCATTTAGCACCGACGAACAGGCGCAGTTTGCACAAGACCCGCGTCACCATCTGGAAACTCGTCGCGCGATTGAAGCTACCATGAATCAGAGCTTCGGTATCTTCCACAGCGGTTCAGAGGAACAGAAAGGTGTGCGTCAGTACATGCAGAATATCATGGAAACGAAATTGAATAACAAACAGCTGGAGAGCGTGCTGATTCCGGAGTGGTCCGTGGGTTGTCGCCGTCTGACCCCGGGCACGAACTATCTGGAGAGCTTGAGCGACGATAACGTGAAAGTTGTTTATGGCGAGATCACCCAGATCACCGAGCTGGGTGTGATTTGCGATGATGGCAAGGGTGAGTACCCGGTCGAAGTGCTGATTTGCGCTACCGGTTTCGACACCACGTTCAAACCGCGCTTCCCGTTGATTGGCACCACCCAGGAAAAGCTGAGCGACGTCTGGAAAGATGACCCTCGCGGTTATTTCGGTATCGCGACCAATAACTACCCGAACTACTTTTTCACCCTGGGTCCGAACTGCCCGATCGGCAATGGTCCGGTCCTGTGTGCAATCGAAGCTGAAGTGGACTATATCATCAATATGCTGAGCAAATTTCAGATGGAAAACATTCGCAGCTTCGACATTAAAGCCGACGCAGTTGATGCGTTTAACGACTGGAAAGATGACTTTATGAAAGACACCATCTGGGCAGAGCAGTGTCGTTCTTGGTACAAGGCTGGTTCTGCGACGGGTAAGATTTTGGCACTGTGGCCGGGCAGCACGCTGCATTATCTGGAAGCCCTGAAAAGCCCACGCTGGGAAGATTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAACCGGGTCGTAATCGCTTTCACTACTTCGGTAACGGCCACAGCTGCGCGGAGCAAGATGGTGATCTGTCCTGGTATATCCGTAATGAAGATGACAGCTACATTGACCCGGTACTGAAGCCGAAGTCCAAGGCAGCGATCGAGAGCGAAGCACACATCGCGCTGCCAGGCATTGGTCCGATGCTGATGGAGGACCCGCGTGACGTTGCGGTTGAGGCATAASEQ ID NO 12: Bensinstonia ciliata SCH46-BVMO1 wtATGCCTTCCGCAATCACCCCACCGGTTGATCATCGCAGTCTTCCAGGTCTTTTCAAGCCACAGAGGAAGCTCAAAGTGATATGTGTCGGAGCCGGCGCCTCGGGCTTACTTCTTTCCTACAAGATACAACGACACTTCGAGGATTTCGAGCTCCAAGTCTTTGAGAAGAATCCTGAGGTATCAGGAACCTGGTACGAGAACAGGTATCCCGGCTGTGCTTGTGATGTTCCCTCGCATAATTATACATGGTCTTTTGAGCCCAAAACCGACTGGTCCGCCAACTATGCATCATCGAAGGAGATTTTCAAATATTTCAAGGACTTCACGAAGAAGTATGGTCTTAGCAAGTACATCAAGCTGGAGCATGAGGTCGTGGGGGCCACGTGGATGGAGGCGGAGGCACAGTGGAAAGTTGACGTCAAGGACCTTCGAAGTGGAAACACGCAGAGCTCGTTTGCGCATATACTGGTCAATGCAGGAGGCATTCTGAATGCTTGGCGATATCCGCCAATTCCAGGAATCAAGGATTTCAAGGGTGATCTTGTCCACTCCGCAGCTTGGCCAGAACATCTTGATCTTAATGGGAAGGTTGTCGGTCTAATCGGAAATGGATCCTCCGGCATTCAGATCCTTCCGGCCATCAAGAAGGATGTAAAGCAACTCGTTACATTTATTCGGGAAGCAACTTGGGTGGCGCCTCCTTTAGGTCAAGCCTATCGTGCGTTCTCGACTGATGAACAGGCTCAGTTTGCGCAAGATCCGCGCCATCACCTGGAAACACGTCGTGCAACTGAGGCTACCATGAATCAATCATTTGGTATCTTCCATTCGGGATCCGAGGAGCAGAAAGGAGTTCGCCAATATATGCAGGATATCATGGAAACGAAGCTCAACAACAAACAGCTCGAGAGTGTGCTGATTCCTGAGTGGTCGGTCGGTTGTCGGCGTCTTACACCAGGTACTAATTACCTAGAATCCCTATCGGACGACAATGTCAAGGTCGTCTACGGTGAAATCACACAAATTACCGAATCAGGTGTCATCTGCGATGATGGTAAAGGCGAATATCCCGTCGAAGTTCTTATTTGCGCCACCGGCTTCGACACCACCTTCAAACCACGATTTCCACTCATCGGCACTACGAAAGAGAAGCTCAGTGATGTTTGGAAAGATGATCCGAGGGGCTACTTTGGGATCGCAACCAACAACTATCCCAACTACTTCTTCACTCTTGGACCGAATTGTCCAATCGGTAATGGCCCCGTGCTGTGTGCCATTGAAGCTGAGGTTGAATATATAATCAACATGCTCTCGAAGTTTCAGAAGGAGAACATTCGTTCTTTTGATATCAAGGCAGATGCTGTCGACGCCTTCAACGACTGGAAGGATGACTTCATGAAAGATACCATCTGGGCAGAACAATGCCGGTCATGGTACAAGGCAGGATCCGCCACTGGTAAAATCCTTGCATTGTGGCCAGGCTCGACTTTGCACTACTTGGAAGCACTCAAGTCGCCGCGGTGGGAGGACTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAGCCTGGTAGAAATCGTTTCCATTACTTTGGAAATGGTCATAGCTGTGCTGAGCAGGATGGCGATCTGAGCTGGTACATCCGCAACGAGGATGATTCTTATATTGATCCGGTACTCAAGCCAAAGCCGAAGGCAGCAGTTGAGAGCGAGGCACATATCGCCCTGCCAGGAATCGGTCCGATGTTGATGGAAGACCCGCGTGATGTTGCTGTAGAGGCCTAGSEQ ID NO 13: Bensinstonia ciliata (ATCC 20919) SCH46-BVMO1 wtMPSAITPPVDHRSLPGLFKPQRKLKVICVGAGASGLLLSYKIQRHFEDFELQVFEKNPEVSGTWYENRYPGCACDVPSHNYTWSFEPKTDWSANYASSKEIFKYFKDFTKKYGLSKYIKLEHEVVGATWMEAEAQWKVDVKDLRSGNTQSSFAHILVNAGGILNAWRYPPIPGIKDFKGDLVHSAAWPEHLDLNGKVVGLIGNGSSGIQILPAIKKDVKQLVTFIREATWVAPPLGQAYRAFSTDEQAQFAQDPRHHLETRRATEATMNQSFGIFHSGSEEQKGVRQYMQDIMETKLNNKQLESVLIPEWSVGCRRLTPGTNYLESLSDDNVKVVYGEITQITESGVICDDGKGEYPVEVLICATGFDTTFKPRFPLIGTTKEKLSDVWKDDPRGYFGIATNNYPNYFFTLGPNCPIGNGPVLCAIEAEVEYIINMLSKFQKENIRSFDIKADAVDAFNDWKDDFMKDTIWAEQCRSWYKAGSATGKILALWPGSTLHYLEALKSPRWEDWDFKYQPGRNRFHYFGNGHSCAEQDGDLSWYIRNEDDSYIDPVLKPKPKAAVESEAHIALPGIGPMLMEDPRDVAVEASEQ ID NO 14: Bensinstonia ciliata SCH46-BVMO1 E. coli optimizedATGCCATCTGCCATTACTCCACCTGTTGATCATCGTAGCCTGCCGGGTCTGTTCAAGCCGCAACGTAAGTTGAAAGTGATCTGTGTTGGCGCGGGCGCGAGCGGCCTGTTGCTGAGCTACAAGATTCAGCGTCACTTTGAGGACTTTGAGTTGCAAGTTTTTGAGAAAAACCCTGAAGTGAGCGGCACCTGGTACGAGAATCGCTACCCGGGTTGCGCGTGCGATGTTCCGAGCCATAACTATACCTGGTCTTTTGAGCCGAAAACGGATTGGTCCGCAAACTATGCCAGCAGCAAAGAAATTTTCAAGTACTTCAAAGATTTCACCAAGAAATATGGTCTGTCTAAATACATTAAACTGGAACACGAAGTCGTGGGTGCGACGTGGATGGAAGCGGAAGCTCAATGGAAAGTTGACGTCAAAGACTTGCGTAGCGGCAACACCCAGAGCTCCTTCGCGCACATTCTGGTCAATGCCGGTGGCATTCTGAACGCTTGGCGTTACCCGCCGATTCCGGGTATCAAAGATTTTAAGGGTGACCTGGTGCACTCGGCAGCGTGGCCGGAGCATCTGGATCTGAATGGTAAAGTCGTTGGCCTGATTGGTAACGGTAGCAGCGGCATCCAAATTCTGCCGGCCATCAAAAAAGACGTGAAACAACTGGTCACGTTTATCCGTGAGGCCACGTGGGTCGCCCCGCCGCTGGGCCAAGCGTACCGCGCATTTAGCACCGACGAACAGGCGCAGTTTGCACAAGACCCGCGTCACCATCTGGAAACTCGTCGCGCGACCGAAGCTACCATGAATCAGAGCTTCGGTATCTTCCACAGCGGTTCAGAGGAACAGAAAGGTGTGCGTCAGTACATGCAGGATATCATGGAAACGAAATTGAATAACAAACAGCTGGAGAGCGTGCTGATTCCGGAGTGGTCCGTGGGTTGTCGCCGTCTGACCCCGGGCACGAACTATCTGGAGAGCTTGAGCGACGATAACGTGAAAGTTGTTTATGGCGAGATCACCCAGATCACCGAGTCCGGTGTGATTTGCGATGATGGCAAGGGTGAGTACCCGGTCGAAGTGCTGATTTGCGCTACCGGTTTCGACACCACGTTCAAACCGCGCTTCCCGTTGATTGGCACCACCAAAGAAAAGCTGAGCGACGTCTGGAAAGATGACCCTCGCGGTTATTTCGGTATCGCGACCAATAACTACCCGAACTACTTTTTCACCCTGGGTCCGAACTGCCCGATCGGCAATGGTCCGGTCCTGTGTGCAATCGAAGCTGAAGTGGAGTATATCATCAATATGCTGAGCAAATTTCAGAAAGAAAACATTCGCAGCTTCGACATTAAAGCCGACGCAGTTGATGCGTTTAACGACTGGAAAGATGACTTTATGAAAGACACCATCTGGGCAGAGCAGTGTCGTTCTTGGTACAAGGCTGGTTCTGCGACGGGTAAGATTTTGGCACTGTGGCCGGGCAGCACGCTGCATTATCTGGAAGCCCTGAAAAGCCCACGCTGGGAAGATTGGGACTTCAAGTATCAACCGGGTCGTAATCGCTTTCACTACTTCGGTAACGGCCACAGCTGCGCGGAGCAAGATGGTGATCTGTCCTGGTATATCCGTAATGAAGATGACAGCTACATTGACCCGGTACTGAAGCCGAAGCCGAAGGCAGCGGTGGAGAGCGAAGCACACATCGCGCTGCCAGGCATTGGTCCGATGCTGATGGAGGACCCGCGTGACGTTGCGGTTGAGGCAT AASEQ ID NO 15: Aspergillus wentii AspWeBVMO wtATGACCAAAGACAATACCACATCATTCCCCTCGCACGCCATCTACGAGCCACGCCGGACATTAAAAGTGCTGGTCATAGGGGCTGGTGCGTCCGGTCTATTATTAGCATACAAACTACAGCGGCACTTTGATTGTGTGGAAATCACGGTGTTTGAGAAGAACCCCGCAGTGTCCGGCACTTGGTTTGAGAATCGATATCCGGGATGTGCCTGTGACGTTCCTTCGCATTGCTATACATGGTCCTTCGAGCCCAACCCCAACTGGTCCGCCAACTACGCTGGAGCCGACGAGATTCGACAATACTTTGTCGATTTCTGCCATCGCCACGACTTGCAGAAATATATCCATCTGGAACATGAGGTGGTCCACGCAGCGTGGAAGTCGGAGACTGGCCACTGGGAGGTGCAAGTGCGCGATATACAACACAATTCTCACACACAGCATACTGCGCATATCTTGATTAATGCTACTGGAATACTGAATCAATGGAAGTGGCCATCCATTCCCGGATTACAGTCGTTCCAGGGAGATCTTTTGCACAGTGCAGCATGGGACTCGTCAGTCAATCTAGAGGATAAAACGGTCGCTGTCATTGGAAACGGATCATCCGGAATCCAGATTGTCCCAGCGATTCTACCCCAAGTGCGCAAACTCGTGCACTTTACTCGTCAAGCGGCATGGGTCGCACCTCCAGTCAATGAAGAGTATCAGGAATACTCGCCCGAACAGATCGAACGCTTTCGCTCAGACCCAACATACCTGCTTGGGGTTCGTCGACAGATTGAAGCACGGATGAACGGCTCATTTCTGAAATTCATCCAAGGCTCAGACATGCAACGTCGTGCACACGAGTATGTCATGCTGCACATGATGAAGAGACTGGACGGAGACGCCTCCCTGGCAGAGACCTTGGTACCAACCTTCCCATTTGGCTGTCGAAGACCGACGCCAGGAACCGGGTATCTCGAAGCACTGAAGGACTCGAAAGTGGAAACAATTACCGGAGCCCGAATCGCGAATGTGACGGGTAACCAGGTGGTCCTCGAGAATGGCACGTCGTATACGGTGGATGCGATTGTGTGCGCCACGGGATTCGATACGTCTTACAAACCACGATTCCCACTGGTCGGCAGAGACAGCACCACTCTCAGCGAGGCCTGGAAGGACGAAGTGTCTGCATATCTGGGGCTTACAGTTCCTGGATTTCCCAACTATTTTTCCATCTTGGGACCGAACTGTCCGGTGGGTAACGGGCCGGTGTTGATCAGTATCGAAAAACAGGTCGAATATATTGTTCAGGTACTGGGGAAAATGCAGAAGGAGAATCTACAGTCATTTGAAGTCCGGCGGACGGCAACAGACTCGTTTAACCAATGGAAGGATGCATTCATGCAAAACACGGTGTGGACGAGTGGTTGTCGCAGCTGGTATCAGAATGGCTCGAAAGGGAACCAGATCGTGGCTCTCTGGCCTGGATCCACGTTGCACTATTTGGAGGCGATTCAGCATCCACGATACGAGGACTACATCTGGACCAGTCCACCTGGTGTCAATCCATGGGCCTTTCTAGGCAACGGGCAGAGTACGGCCGAAACCCGTCCCGGAGGCGACACGAGTTGGTATCTGCGTTCGAAAGATGATTCATTTATAGATCCATGTCTGAGACAGCTTTAGSEQ ID NO 16: Aspersillus wentii AspWeBVMO wt (OJJ34587.1)MTKDNTTSFPSHAIYEPRRTLKVLVIGAGASGLLLAYKLQRHFDCVEITVFEKNPAVSGTWFENRYPGCACDVPSHCYTWSFEPNPNWSANYAGADEIRQYFVDFCHRHDLQKYIHLEHEVVHAAWKSETGHWEVQVRDIQHNSHTQHTAHILINATGILNQWKWPSIPGLQSFQGDLLHSAAWDSSVNLEDKTVAVIGNGSSGIQIVPAILPQVRKLVHFTRQAAWVAPPVNEEYQEYSPEQIERFRSDPTYLLGVRRQIEARMNGSFLKFIQGSDMQRRAHEYVMLHMMKRLDGDASLAETLVPTFPFGCRRPTPGTGYLEALKDSKVETITGARIANVTGNQVVLENGTSYTVDAIVCATGFDTSYKPRFPLVGRDSTTLSEAWKDEVSAYLGLTVPGFPNYFSILGPNCPVGNGPVLISIEKQVEYIVQVLGKMQKENLQSFEVRRTATDSFNQWKDAFMQNTVWTSGCRSWYQNGSKGNQIVALWPGSTLHYLEAIQHPRYEDYIWTSPPGVNPWAFLGNGQSTAETRPGGDTSWYLRSKDDSFIDPCLRQL*SEQ ID NO 17: Aspersillus wentii AspWeBVMO E. coli optimizedATGACCAAAGATAACACCACGTCCTTTCCGAGCCACGCCATTTACGAGCCGCGCCGTACCCTGAAAGTCCTGGTGATCGGTGCTGGCGCGAGCGGTTTGTTGCTGGCATATAAGCTGCAGCGCCACTTCGATTGCGTTGAGATTACCGTATTCGAGAAGAATCCGGCAGTCAGCGGCACCTGGTTTGAGAATCGTTACCCTGGTTGTGCATGTGACGTGCCGAGCCATTGCTACACCTGGTCGTTCGAGCCAAACCCGAATTGGAGCGCAAACTACGCGGGTGCGGATGAAATTCGCCAGTATTTCGTTGATTTCTGTCACCGTCATGATCTGCAGAAGTACATCCATCTGGAGCACGAAGTCGTTCATGCGGCATGGAAATCGGAGACTGGTCACTGGGAAGTGCAAGTCCGTGACATCCAGCACAACAGCCATACCCAGCACACGGCGCACATTTTGATCAACGCAACGGGTATCCTGAATCAATGGAAATGGCCGAGCATTCCGGGCCTGCAGAGCTTTCAGGGTGATCTGCTGCATAGCGCAGCGTGGGACAGCTCCGTCAACTTAGAGGATAAGACCGTCGCGGTGATCGGTAATGGCAGCAGCGGTATCCAGATTGTGCCGGCCATCCTGCCGCAAGTGCGCAAACTGGTTCACTTTACGCGTCAAGCGGCATGGGTGGCACCGCCGGTGAACGAAGAGTACCAAGAGTACAGCCCGGAGCAAATTGAGCGTTTCCGTAGCGACCCGACCTACCTGTTGGGCGTCCGCCGTCAAATTGAAGCCCGTATGAACGGCAGCTTTCTGAAGTTTATTCAGGGCAGCGACATGCAGCGCAGAGCGCACGAATACGTTATGCTGCACATGATGAAGCGTCTGGACGGTGATGCGAGCCTTGCTGAGACTCTGGTGCCGACGTTTCCGTTCGGCTGCCGTCGTCCGACCCCGGGCACCGGTTATCTGGAAGCGCTGAAAGACTCTAAAGTTGAAACGATCACGGGTGCCCGTATCGCAAATGTTACGGGCAACCAAGTTGTCCTGGAGAACGGTACTAGCTATACGGTCGATGCTATTGTCTGTGCTACCGGTTTCGACACCAGCTATAAGCCGCGTTTCCCGCTGGTTGGCCGCGACTCTACCACCCTGAGCGAAGCCTGGAAAGACGAAGTGTCTGCGTACCTGGGTCTGACCGTTCCGGGTTTTCCGAACTATTTCAGCATCCTGGGTCCTAATTGCCCGGTCGGTAATGGTCCGGTTTTGATCAGCATCGAGAAACAAGTGGAGTATATCGTGCAAGTTCTGGGTAAGATGCAGAAAGAAAACTTGCAGTCCTTCGAAGTTCGCCGTACCGCCACCGACAGCTTCAATCAGTGGAAAGATGCGTTCATGCAAAACACGGTGTGGACCTCAGGTTGCCGTTCTTGGTATCAGAATGGCAGCAAGGGCAACCAAATTGTCGCGCTGTGGCCGGGTTCCACGCTGCACTACCTGGAAGCGATTCAACATCCTCGCTACGAAGATTATATCTGGACGAGCCCACCGGGTGTTAATCCGTGGGCGTTTCTGGGCAATGGCCAGAGCACCGCGGAAACCCGTCCGGGTGGCGACACTTCCTGGTATCTCCGCTCCAAAGATGACAGCTTTATTGACCCATGCCTGCGTCAGCTGTAASEQ ID NO 18: Aspergillus wentii AspWeBVMO Yeast optimizedATGACTAAGGACAACACTACTTCTTTCCCATCTCACGCTATCTACGAACCAAGAAGAACTTTGAAGGTTTTGGTTATCGGTGCTGGTGCTTCTGGTTTGTTGTTGGCTTACAAGTTGCAAAGACACTTCGACTGTGTTGAAATCACTGTTTTCGAAAAGAACCCAGCTGTTTCTGGTACTTGGTTCGAAAACAGATACCCAGGTTGTGCTTGTGACGTTCCATCTCACTGTTACACTTGGTCTTTCGAACCAAACCCAAACTGGTCTGCTAACTACGCTGGTGCTGACGAAATCAGACAATACTTCGTTGACTTCTGTCACAGACACGACTTGCAAAAGTACATCCACTTGGAACACGAAGTTGTTCACGCTGCTTGGAAGTCTGAAACTGGTCACTGGGAAGTTCAAGTTAGAGACATCCAACACAACTCTCACACTCAACACACTGCTCACATCTTGATCAACGCTACTGGTATCTTGAACCAATGGAAGTGGCCATCTATCCCAGGTTTGCAATCTTTCCAAGGTGACTTGTTGCACTCTGCTGCTTGGGACTCTTCTGTTAACTTGGAAGACAAGACTGTTGCTGTTATCGGTAACGGTTCTTCTGGTATCCAAATCGTTCCAGCTATCTTGCCACAAGTTAGAAAGTTGGTTCACTTCACTAGACAAGCTGCTTGGGTTGCTCCACCAGTTAACGAAGAATACCAAGAATACTCTCCAGAACAAATCGAAAGATTCAGATCTGACCCAACTTACTTGTTGGGTGTTAGAAGACAAATCGAAGCTAGAATGAACGGTTCTTTCTTGAAGTTCATCCAAGGTTCTGACATGCAAAGAAGAGCTCACGAATACGTTATGTTGCACATGATGAAGAGATTGGACGGTGACGCTTCTTTGGCTGAAACTTTGGTTCCAACTTTCCCATTCGGTTGTAGAAGACCAACTCCAGGTACTGGTTACTTGGAAGCTTTGAAGGACTCTAAGGTTGAAACTATCACTGGTGCTAGAATCGCTAACGTTACTGGTAACCAAGTTGTTTTGGAAAACGGTACTTCTTACACTGTTGACGCTATCGTTTGTGCTACTGGTTTCGACACTTCTTACAAGCCAAGATTCCCATTGGTTGGTAGAGACTCTACTACTTTGTCTGAAGCTTGGAAGGACGAAGTTTCTGCTTACTTGGGTTTGACTGTTCCAGGTTTCCCAAACTACTTCTCTATCTTGGGTCCAAACTGTCCAGTTGGTAACGGTCCAGTTTTGATCTCTATCGAAAAGCAAGTTGAATACATCGTTCAAGTTTTGGGTAAGATGCAAAAGGAAAACTTGCAATCTTTCGAAGTTAGAAGAACTGCTACTGACTCTTTCAACCAATGGAAGGACGCTTTCATGCAAAACACTGTTTGGACTTCTGGTTGTAGATCTTGGTACCAAAACGGTTCTAAGGGTAACCAAATCGTTGCTTTGTGGCCAGGTTCTACTTTGCACTACTTGGAAGCTATCCAACACCCAAGATACGAAGACTACATCTGGACTTCTCCACCAGGTGTTAACCCATGGGCTTTCTTGGGTAACGGTCAATCTACTGCTGAAACTAGACCAGGTGGTGACACTTCTTGGTACTTGAGATCTAAGGACGACTCTTTCATCGACCCATGTTTGAGACAATTGTAA SEQ ID NO 19: Hyphozyma roseoniera SCH23-EST wtATGCCTTCCGATCTTCCCCGACCAGCATATGACCCGGAAATAGAGCCCTTCCTCTCTATGGTCCCATTACCACCAACAATCAATGCGGATATCATGAAAGAATTGCGTAAAGCACCTCTGCTCAGTCAAGCGCCTGACCTCGACGCATTACTTTCCGACAAGCCAATAACTCACCGCGAAGTCAGCATTCCAGGTCTCAATTCCCAAGATCCACAAATCACGTTGTCAATATTCTCCAGTACATTGGAGGGTGGCCCGAAACCATGTATCTATTTCGTTCATGGTGGCGGTATGATCATCGGATGTCGATTCGTGGGTATTGAGGATTATCTTCAATACGTCGAGCAGAACGACGCTGTCGTCGTGGCTGTAGAGTATCGTCTCGCTCCGGAACACCCGGACCCAGCGCCTGTCAATGATTGTTACGCTGGACTTTTATGGACGGCAGCAAATGCTGCAGAGCTAGGCATCGATCTGGAGAGACTGTTGATCTGTGGCGCTTCTGCTGGTGGTGGTCTTTCTGCTGGAGTGGCATTGATGGCACGAGACAAGAAAGGTCCAAAATTGGTAGGACAATTGTTATGCTATCCAATGCTCGACGATAGGAATGATTCACTCTCAAGTCAGCAGTACGTGGATGAAGGTGTTTGGAGTCGTGGTAGCAATGCATTTGGCTGGAAGCAATTGCTTGGAGACAGGGCGGGCAAAGAGGGAGTCAGTATTTATGCTGCGCCGGCAAGAGCAACTGATTTGAGCGGACTGCCGAACACTTTCATCGACGTTGGCAGCGCTGAAGTCTTCAGGGATGAGGACATCGCTTATGCCTCGAGGTTATGGGCTGTTGGTGTCCAAGCGGAACTTCATGTGTGGCCGGGTGGATATCATGCTGCGGAGAACATGGCACCTGGGACTGATTACTCTAAGAAGGTGAAAGCGACTCGCTTGGCATGGATGAAGAGAGTCTTCATGAAAGCCCCAAAGTCGACGACAGAGTCGTTGCCTGCTCCAACAGTGGATGAAGCTGTTGGCACAATATGASEQ ID NO 20: Hyphozyma roseoniera SCH23-EST wtMPSDLPRPAYDPEIEPFLSMVPLPPTINADIMKELRKAPLLSQAPDLDALLSDKPITHREVSIPGLNSQDPQITLSIFSSTLEGGPKPCIYFVHGGGMIIGCRFVGIEDYLQYVEQNDAVVVAVEYRLAPEHPDPAPVNDCYAGLLWTAANAAELGIDLERLLICGASAGGGLSAGVALMARDKKGPKLVGQLLCYPMLDDRNDSLSSQQYVDEGVWSRGSNAFGWKQLLGDRAGKEGVSIYAAPARATDLSGLPNTFIDVGSAEVFRDEDIAYASRLWAVGVQAELHVWPGGYHAAENMAPGTDYSKKVKATRLAWMKRVFMKAPKSTTESLPAPTVDE AVGTISEQ ID NO 21: Hyphozyma roseonisra SCH23-EST E. coli optimizedATGCCATCGGATCTGCCGCGCCCAGCCTACGACCCTGAAATCGAACCGTTCTTGAGCATGGTTCCGCTGCCTCCGACCATTAACGCGGACATTATGAAAGAACTGCGTAAGGCCCCACTGCTGAGCCAGGCTCCGGATCTGGATGCCCTGCTGAGCGACAAGCCGATTACTCACCGTGAGGTGTCCATCCCGGGTCTGAACAGCCAGGACCCGCAGATTACCCTGAGCATCTTTAGCTCTACCCTGGAGGGTGGCCCGAAGCCGTGTATCTACTTCGTGCACGGTGGCGGCATGATTATTGGCTGTCGCTTCGTCGGTATTGAGGACTACTTGCAATACGTGGAACAGAATGACGCGGTCGTTGTGGCCGTTGAGTATCGTCTGGCACCGGAACATCCGGACCCGGCACCGGTGAATGACTGCTACGCGGGTCTGCTGTGGACCGCTGCGAACGCGGCAGAACTGGGCATCGATTTGGAGCGTCTGCTGATCTGCGGCGCTTCTGCGGGTGGCGGTCTGTCAGCGGGTGTGGCGCTGATGGCACGCGACAAAAAGGGTCCGAAACTGGTCGGTCAGCTGCTGTGCTATCCGATGCTCGACGATCGTAACGATAGCTTGAGCAGCCAGCAATACGTAGATGAGGGTGTTTGGAGCCGTGGTAGCAATGCGTTTGGTTGGAAGCAACTGCTGGGTGATCGTGCCGGCAAAGAGGGCGTGTCCATTTACGCGGCACCGGCTCGCGCAACCGACCTGTCTGGCTTGCCTAACACGTTTATCGACGTTGGTTCCGCCGAGGTTTTCCGTGATGAAGATATCGCGTATGCGAGCCGCTTATGGGCAGTCGGTGTTCAAGCGGAGCTGCATGTCTGGCCGGGTGGTTATCACGCTGCGGAGAATATGGCACCGGGCACCGATTATAGCAAAAAAGTCAAGGCGACGCGTCTGGCATGGATGAAACGCGTCTTTATGAAGGCCCCGAAAAGCACCACGGAGAGCCTGCCGGCACCGACGGTTGACGAAGCGGTGGGCACGATCTAASEQ ID NO 22: Hyphozyma roseonisra SCH23-EST Yeast optimizedATGCCATCTGACTTGCCAAGACCAGCTTACGACCCAGAAATCGAACCATTCTTGTCTATGGTTCCATTGCCACCAACTATCAACGCTGACATCATGAAGGAATTGAGAAAGGCTCCATTGTTGTCTCAAGCTCCAGACTTGGACGCTTTGTTGTCTGACAAGCCAATCACTCACAGAGAAGTTTCTATCCCAGGTTTGAACTCTCAAGACCCACAAATCACTTTGTCTATCTTCTCTTCTACTTTGGAAGGTGGTCCAAAGCCATGTATCTACTTCGTTCACGGTGGTGGTATGATCATCGGTTGTAGATTCGTTGGTATCGAAGACTACTTGCAATACGTTGAACAAAACGACGCTGTTGTTGTTGCTGTTGAATACAGATTGGCTCCAGAACACCCAGACCCAGCTCCAGTTAACGACTGTTACGCTGGTTTGTTGTGGACTGCTGCTAACGCTGCTGAATTGGGTATCGACTTGGAAAGATTGTTGATCTGTGGTGCTTCTGCTGGTGGTGGTTTGTCTGCTGGTGTTGCTTTGATGGCTAGAGACAAGAAGGGTCCAAAGTTGGTTGGTCAATTGTTGTGTTACCCAATGTTGGACGACAGAAACGACTCTTTGTCTTCTCAACAATACGTTGACGAAGGTGTTTGGTCTAGAGGTTCTAACGCTTTCGGTTGGAAGCAATTGTTGGGTGACAGAGCTGGTAAGGAAGGTGTTTCTATCTACGCTGCTCCAGCTAGAGCTACTGACTTGTCTGGTTTGCCAAACACTTTCATCGACGTTGGTTCTGCTGAAGTTTTCAGAGACGAAGACATCGCTTACGCTTCTAGATTGTGGGCTGTTGGTGTTCAAGCTGAATTGCACGTTTGGCCAGGTGGTTACCACGCTGCTGAAAACATGGCTCCAGGTACTGACTACTCTAAGAAGGTTAAGGCTACTAGATTGGCTTGGATGAAGAGAGTTTTCATGAAGGCTCCAAAGTCTACTACTGAATCTTTGCCAGCTCCAACTGTTGACGAAGCTGTTGGTACTATCTAASEQ ID NO 23: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-EST wtATGACTCATAGCCCTCCACTCGATGCCGAACTTTCGCTACTCCGATATGCTCCTGCTGTTCCCGTGGGATGGCAGTTGGGACGAAAACTCTTGCGGATGAACACACTCATGACGCGCCCTATGGAGGGTGTCATGCGAGATGATGTGGTCATACCAAATCTTGATGGTACTGCCAACATCAGACTGTTCATTTGTCGCCCTCAAGACCCTACTGAGACTATGCCGGTGATACTTTGGTTACACGGAGGCGGTATGGTCGCAGGTCATTACAAACAAGACTCCGGGTTCATGGACATCTGGGCCAAGCGCCTAGGAGCCTTTGTGGTTTCGGTCGATTATCGTCTGGCTCCCGAGGCCAAGGCTCCAGCCGCTCTAGACGATTGCATCGCTGCTTGGCAATGGATCACCACGCAGACCGCTCGAGGCATCGACACTACCCGCATGGCGGTGGGTGGTGCGAGCGCAGGAGGAGGCCTGGCGGCCAGTACCGTTCAGCGACTTGTCGATCTCGGAGGAGTGAAACCTGTCTTTCAATTGCTCATCTATCCCATGTTGGACGACAGGACGGTGGTCAGATTTGATCCCGACCGAAGATATTACATGTGGACACCGGATTGTAATCGATATGGCTGGACCTCGTACCTCGGAGTCCCTCCAGGGAGCGCTGAGGTGCCTCCCTATGCGTCGGCGGCACGTCGACCGGATCTATCAGGTCTACCTCCCACCTGGATCGGTGTTGGGTCACTGGATCTCTTTCACGACGAGGACATGGATTATGCGCGCAGGTTACGTGAGAGCGGAGTTCCGGTTGAGGAATATGTCGCTGTCGGAGCGCCTCATGCCTTCGACACGATATATGGAAAGGCGAAGGTCACCTTGGATTTCTGGGACTCGCATTTCAACGCCCTTCGAAGGGCTTTGTGTCTCGACTGA SEQ ID NO 24: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-EST wtMTHSPPLDAELSLLRYAPAVPVGWQLGRKLLRMNTLMTRPMEGVMRDDVVIPNLDGTANIRLFICRPQDPTETMPVILWLHGGGMVAGHYKQDSGFMDIWAKRLGAFVVSVDYRLAPEAKAPAALDDCIAAWQWITTQTARGIDTTRMAVGGASAGGGLAASTVQRLVDLGGVKPVFQLLIYPMLDDRTVVRFDPDRRYYMWTPDCNRYGWTSYLGVPPGSAEVPPYASAARRPDLSGLPPTWIGVGSLDLFHDEDMDYARRLRESGVPVEEYVAVGAPHAFDTIYGKAKVTLDFWDSHFNALRRALCLDSEQ ID NO 25: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-EST E. coli optimizedATGACCCACTCGCCGCCACTGGATGCCGAACTGAGCTTGCTGCGCTACGCCCCTGCCGTTCCGGTGGGTTGGCAGCTGGGTCGCAAACTGCTGCGTATGAACACCTTGATGACCCGTCCGATGGAAGGTGTCATGCGCGACGATGTGGTTATTCCGAATCTGGACGGCACGGCTAACATCCGTCTGTTTATCTGTCGTCCGCAAGACCCGACCGAGACTATGCCGGTTATCCTGTGGCTGCACGGTGGCGGCATGGTCGCAGGCCACTACAAACAAGACAGCGGTTTCATGGACATTTGGGCGAAGCGCCTGGGTGCGTTTGTTGTTAGCGTTGATTATCGCCTGGCGCCTGAGGCTAAGGCACCGGCAGCGCTCGATGACTGCATCGCGGCGTGGCAGTGGATTACCACCCAGACCGCGCGTGGTATTGACACCACTCGTATGGCAGTGGGTGGTGCGAGCGCGGGTGGCGGTCTGGCGGCAAGCACGGTTCAGCGTCTTGTCGATCTGGGCGGTGTGAAACCGGTCTTTCAACTGCTGATCTATCCGATGCTGGACGATCGTACCGTGGTGCGCTTCGACCCGGATCGTCGTTATTACATGTGGACGCCGGACTGCAACAGATACGGCTGGACCAGCTACCTGGGCGTGCCACCGGGTAGCGCAGAGGTCCCGCCGTATGCCTCCGCGGCTCGTCGTCCGGATCTGTCCGGCCTGCCGCCGACGTGGATCGGTGTCGGCTCTCTGGATCTGTTCCATGACGAAGATATGGATTACGCACGTCGTTTGCGCGAGAGCGGTGTGCCGGTCGAAGAGTATGTTGCTGTGGGTGCCCCGCATGCGTTCGACACGATTTACGGCAAGGCCAAAGTTACGCTGGACTTTTGGGATAGCCACTTCAATGCGCTGCGCCGTGCGTTGTGTTTAGACTAASEQ ID NO 26: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-EST Yeast optimizedATGACTCACTCTCCACCATTGGACGCTGAATTGTCTTTGTTGAGATACGCTCCAGCTGTTCCAGTTGGTTGGCAATTGGGTAGAAAGTTGTTGAGAATGAACACTTTGATGACTAGACCAATGGAAGGTGTTATGAGAGACGACGTTGTTATCCCAAACTTGGACGGTACTGCTAACATCAGATTGTTCATCTGTAGACCACAAGACCCAACTGAAACTATGCCAGTTATCTTGTGGTTGCACGGTGGTGGTATGGTTGCTGGTCACTACAAGCAAGACTCTGGTTTCATGGACATCTGGGCTAAGAGATTGGGTGCTTTCGTTGTTTCTGTTGACTACAGATTGGCTCCAGAAGCTAAGGCTCCAGCTGCTTTGGACGACTGTATCGCTGCTTGGCAATGGATCACTACTCAAACTGCTAGAGGTATCGACACTACTAGAATGGCTGTTGGTGGTGCTTCTGCTGGTGGTGGTTTGGCTGCTTCTACTGTTCAAAGATTGGTTGACTTGGGTGGTGTTAAGCCAGTTTTCCAATTGTTGATCTACCCAATGTTGGACGACAGAACTGTTGTTAGATTCGACCCAGACAGAAGATACTACATGTGGACTCCAGACTGTAACAGATACGGTTGGACTTCTTACTTGGGTGTTCCACCAGGTTCTGCTGAAGTTCCACCATACGCTTCTGCTGCTAGAAGACCAGACTTGTCTGGTTTGCCACCAACTTGGATCGGTGTTGGTTCTTTGGACTTGTTCCACGACGAAGACATGGACTACGCTAGAAGATTGAGAGAATCTGGTGTTCCAGTTGAAGAATACGTTGCTGTTGGTGCTCCACACGCTTTCGACACTATCTACGGTAAGGCTAAGGTTACTTTGGACTTCTGGGACTCTCACTTCAACGCTTTGAGAAGAGCTTTGTGTTTGGACTAA SEQ ID NO 27: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-EST wtATGCCTTCCAATCTCCCCCGACCAGCATATGACCCGGAAATAGAGCCATTCCTCTCTATGGTCCCATTACCACCAACAATCAATGCGGATATCATGAGAGAACTGCGTAAAGCGCCTCTACTCAGTCAAGCGCCTGACCTCGACGCATTACTTTCCGGCAAACCAATAACTCACCGCGAAGTCAGCATTCCAGGTCTCAATTCTTCAGATCCACAAATCACGTTGTCGATATTCTCCAGTACATTGACGAGCGGTCCAAAACCATGTATTTATTTCGTTCATGGTGGCGGTATGATCATCGGATGTCGATTCGTGGGTATTGAGGATTATCTTCAGTACGTCGAGCAGAATGACGCTGTCGTCGTGGCTGTGGAATATCGTCTTGCGCCGGAAAATCCAGATCCAGCGCCTGTCAATGATTGTTACGCTGGACTTCTATGGACCGCAGCAAATGCTGCAGAACTGGGCATTGATCTGGAGAGACTGTTGATCTGTGGCGCTTCTGCCGGTGGTGGTCTTTCTGCTGGAGTGGCTTTGATGGCGCGAGACAAGAAAGGTCCGAAACTGGTAGGACAATTGTTATGTTATCCGATGCTCGACGATAGGAATGATTCCCTTTCAAGTCAGCAGTACGTCGATGAAGGTGTTTGGAGTCGTGGTAGCAATGCATTCGGGTGGAAGCAATTGCTTGGAGACAGGGCAGGCAAAGAAGGTGTCAGCATCTATGCTGCACCGGCGAGGGCAACTGATTTGAGCGGACTGCCGAACACTTTCATCGACGTTGGCAGCGCTGAAGTCTTCAGGGATGAGGACATCGCTTATGCCTCGAGGTTATGGGCTGTCGGTGTCCAAGCAGAACTTCATGTGTGGCCGGGTGGATATCATGCTGCGGAAAACATGGCACCGGGGACTGACTACTCTAACAAGGTGAAAGCTGCCCGCTTGGCATGGATGAAGAGAGTCTTCATGAAAGCCCCAAAGTCGACGACAGAGTCGTTACCTGCTCCAACAGTGGATGAAGCTGTTGGCACAATATGASEQ ID NO 28: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-EST wtMPSNLPRPAYDPEIEPFLSMVPLPPTINADIMRELRKAPLLSQAPDLDALLSGKPITHREVSIPGLNSSDPQITLSIFSSTLTSGPKPCIYFVHGGGMIIGCRFVGIEDYLQYVEQNDAVVVAVEYRLAPENPDPAPVNDCYAGLLWTAANAAELGIDLERLLICGASAGGGLSAGVALMARDKKGPKLVGQLLCYPMLDDRNDSLSSQQYVDEGVWSRGSNAFGWKQLLGDRAGKEGVSIYAAPARATDLSGLPNTFIDVGSAEVFRDEDIAYASRLWAVGVQAELHVWPGGYHAAENMAPGTDYSNKVKAARLAWMKRVFMKAPKSTTESLPAPTVDEA VGTISEQ ID NO 29: Papiliotrema laurentii SCH25-EST E. coli optimizedATGCCAAGCAACTTGCCGCGCCCAGCCTACGATCCGGAAATTGAGCCTTTTCTGTCTATGGTCCCGCTGCCGCCGACCATCAACGCGGACATTATGCGTGAGCTGCGTAAAGCCCCGCTGCTGAGCCAGGCACCGGACCTCGACGCACTGCTGAGCGGCAAGCCGATCACTCACCGTGAAGTCAGCATTCCGGGTCTGAACAGCAGCGACCCGCAAATCACCCTGAGCATTTTCTCCAGCACGTTGACCAGCGGTCCGAAACCGTGCATCTATTTTGTGCACGGTGGCGGTATGATTATTGGTTGTCGCTTCGTCGGCATTGAAGATTATCTGCAATATGTTGAGCAAAATGACGCGGTGGTTGTGGCGGTTGAGTATCGTCTGGCCCCTGAAAATCCGGACCCGGCACCGGTTAATGATTGCTACGCGGGTCTGCTGTGGACCGCAGCGAACGCAGCGGAGCTGGGTATCGATTTGGAACGCCTGCTGATCTGTGGCGCGAGCGCTGGCGGTGGTCTGAGCGCGGGTGTGGCGCTGATGGCTCGCGACAAAAAGGGTCCAAAACTGGTCGGTCAGCTGTTGTGCTACCCGATGCTGGACGATCGTAACGACAGCTTGAGCTCTCAACAGTACGTCGATGAGGGTGTTTGGAGCCGTGGCAGCAATGCTTTCGGCTGGAAACAGCTGCTGGGCGATCGTGCGGGTAAGGAAGGCGTGTCGATCTATGCCGCTCCGGCACGCGCAACCGATCTGTCTGGCCTGCCGAACACGTTCATCGATGTCGGTAGCGCTGAGGTGTTTCGTGACGAAGATATCGCGTACGCCTCACGTCTGTGGGCCGTCGGTGTGCAGGCCGAGCTGCATGTTTGGCCGGGTGGCTACCATGCAGCCGAGAATATGGCGCCTGGCACCGACTACTCCAATAAAGTGAAGGCAGCGCGCCTGGCGTGGATGAAGCGTGTGTTTATGAAAGCGCCGAAGTCCACGACCGAGAGCCTGCCGGCACCGACCGTTGACGAAGCGGTTGGTACGATTTAASEQ ID NO 30: Bensingtonia ciliata SCH46-EST wtATGCCTTCCAATCTCCCTCGACCAGCATATGACCCGGAAATAGAGCCATTCCTCTCTATGGTCCCATTACCACCAACAATCAATGCGGATATCATGAGAGAACTGCGTAAAGCACCTCTACTCAGTCAAGCGCCTGACCTCGACGCATTACTTTCCGGCAGACCGATAACTCACCGCGAAGTCAGCATTCCAGGTCTCAATTCCCAGGATCCACAAATCACGTTGTCAATATTCTCCAGTACATTGACGAGCGGTCCAAAACCATGTATTTATTTCGTTCATGGTGGCGGTATGATCATCGGATGTCGATTCGTGGGTATTGAGGATTATCTTCAATACGTCGAGCAGAACGACGCTGTCGTTGTGGCTGTGGAATATCGTCTTGCTCCGGAAAACCCGGACCCAGCGCCTGTTAATGATTGTTACGCCGGACTTTTATGGACCGCAGCGAATGCTGCAGAGCTAGGCATCGATCTGGAGAGACTGTTGATCTGTGGCGCTTCTGCCGGTGGTGGTCTTTCTGCTGGAGTGGCATTGATGGCACGAGACAAGAAAGGTCCAAAATTGGTAGGACAATTGTTATGCTATCCAATGCTCGACGATAGGAATGATTCACTCTCAAGTCAGCAGTACGTGGATGAAGGTGTTTGGAGTCGTGGTAGCAATGCATTTGGCTGGAAGCAATTGCTTGGAGACAGGGCGGGCAAAGAGGGAGTCAGTATTTATGCTGCGCCGGCAAGAGCAACTGATTTGAGCGGACTGCCGAACACTTTCATCGACGTTGGCAGCGCTGAGGTCTTCAGGGATGAGGACATCGCTTATGCCTCGAGGTTATGGGCTGTCGGTGTCCAAGCAGAACTTCATGTGTGGCCCGGTGGATATCATGCTGCGGAGAACATGGCACCGGGGACTGACTACTCTAAGAAGGTGAAAGCTGCGCGCTTGGCATGGATGAAGAGAGTCTTCCTGAAAGCCCCAAAGCCGACGACTGAGTCGTTGCCTGCTCCAACAGTGGATGAAGCTGTTGGCACAATATGASEQ ID NO 31: Bensingtonia ciliata SCH46-EST wtMPSNLPRPAYDPEIEPFLSMVPLPPTINADIMRELRKAPLLSQAPDLDALLSGRPITHREVSIPGLNSQDPQITLSIFSSTLTSGPKPCIYFVHGGGMIIGCRFVGIEDYLQYVEQNDAVVVAVEYRLAPENPDPAPVNDCYAGLLWTAANAAELGIDLERLLICGASAGGGLSAGVALMARDKKGPKLVGQLLCYPMLDDRNDSLSSQQYVDEGVWSRGSNAFGWKQLLGDRAGKEGVSIYAAPARATDLSGLPNTFIDVGSAEVFRDEDIAYASRLWAVGVQAELHVWPGGYHAAENMAPGTDYSKKVKAARLAWMKRVFLKAPKPTTESLPAPTVDE AVGTISEQ ID NO 32: Bensingtonia ciliata SCH46-EST E. coli optimizedATGCCATCGAATCTGCCGCGTCCAGCCTACGACCCTGAAATTGAACCTTTCTTGAGCATGGTGCCGCTGCCGCCGACGATTAACGCTGATATCATGCGTGAGCTGCGCAAGGCACCGCTGCTGAGCCAAGCGCCGGACCTGGATGCGCTGTTGAGCGGTCGCCCGATCACCCACCGCGAAGTCAGCATCCCGGGTCTGAACTCTCAGGACCCGCAGATCACCTTGTCAATCTTTAGCAGCACCTTGACTTCCGGTCCGAAGCCGTGCATTTATTTTGTCCACGGTGGTGGCATGATTATCGGCTGTCGTTTCGTTGGTATTGAAGATTACTTACAATATGTGGAACAAAATGATGCAGTGGTTGTGGCAGTGGAGTACCGCCTGGCGCCTGAGAACCCGGACCCAGCGCCGGTGAACGACTGCTACGCGGGTCTGTTGTGGACGGCAGCTAACGCAGCAGAGCTGGGTATCGATCTGGAGCGCCTGCTGATCTGCGGTGCGAGCGCGGGTGGCGGCCTGTCCGCTGGCGTTGCGCTGATGGCCCGTGACAAAAAGGGTCCGAAACTGGTTGGCCAGCTGCTGTGTTATCCGATGCTGGACGACCGTAATGACAGCCTGAGCAGCCAGCAATACGTGGATGAGGGCGTCTGGAGCCGTGGTAGCAATGCGTTCGGTTGGAAGCAACTGCTGGGCGATCGTGCCGGCAAAGAGGGCGTTAGCATCTATGCGGCACCGGCGCGTGCCACGGATCTGTCTGGTCTGCCGAACACCTTCATTGACGTTGGTAGCGCTGAAGTTTTTCGCGATGAAGATATTGCGTACGCGAGCCGTCTGTGGGCAGTCGGCGTCCAGGCAGAGCTCCATGTCTGGCCGGGTGGCTATCATGCGGCCGAGAATATGGCACCGGGTACGGACTACAGCAAAAAAGTTAAAGCTGCGCGTCTGGCCTGGATGAAGCGTGTTTTCCTGAAAGCGCCGAAGCCGACCACCGAGTCCCTGCCGGCACCGACCGTGGATGAAGCCGTGGGCACCATTTAASEQ ID NO 33: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-3944 wtATGAATCTCAACGAAGCCCGAACTGCTTTCGCCCGGCTCCGTGCAGCGGAAAATGGTTTATCACCAGCAGAACTCGACGAAGTGTGGGCCGCGCTGGAAACCGTCGCCGCTGAAGAAATCCTCGGTGAGTGGAAAGGTGACGACTTCGCCACCGGTCATCGTCTGCACGAAAAGCTGTCCGCGAGCCGCTGGTACGGCAAGACTTTCAATTCCGTCGAGGATGCCAAGCCGTTGATCTGCCGAGACGAAGACGGAAATCTCTATTCCGACGTCAAGAGCGGCAATGGCGAGGCAAGTCTGTGGAACATCGAGTTTCGTGGTGAAGTGACCGCGACCATGGTCTACGACGGCGCGCCGATTTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAAGTCGACGATTCGACGCTCATGGGCATCATGAACGGAAAGTCGGCGTTGGTCCTCGACGGCGGGCAGCACTACTACTTCCTGCTCGAGCGAGCGTGASEQ ID NO 34: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-3944 wt (WP_042451379)MNTNEARTAFARIRAAENGTSPARIDEVWAATRTVAABETTGEWKGDDFATGHRIHEKISASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 35: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-3944 E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAASEQ ID NO 36: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-3944 Yeast optimizedATGAACTTGGACGAAGCTAGAACTGCTTTCGCTAGATTGAGAGCTGCTGAATCTGGTGTTTCTCCAGCTGAATTGGACGAAGTTTGGGCTGCTTTGGAAACTGTTGCTGCTGAAGAAATCTTGGGTGAATGGAAGGGTGACGACTTCGCTACTGGTCACAGATTGCACGAAAAGTTGTTCGCTTCTAGATGGTACGGTAAGACTTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGACGCTAAGCCATTGATCTGTAGAGACGAAGACGGTAACTTGTACTCTGACGTTAAGTCTGGTAACGGTGAAGCTTCTTTGTGGAACATCGAATTCAGAGGTGAAGTTACTGCTACTATGGTTTACGACGGTGCTCCAATCTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTTGACGACTCTACTTTGATGGGTATCATGAACGGTAAGTCTGCTTTGGTTTTGGACGGTGGTCAACACTACTACTTCTTGTTGGAAAGAGCTTAA SEQ ID NO 37: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05241 wtATGAATCTCGACGAAGCCCGAACTGCTTTCGCCCGGCTCCGTGCTGCGGAAAGTGGTGTATCACCAGCAGAACTCGACGAAGTGTGGGCCGCGCTGGAAACCGTCGCCGCCGAAGAAATCCTCGGCGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGACTTCGCCACCGGTCACCGTCTTCACGAAAAGCTGTTCGCGAGCCGTTGGTACGGCAAGACCTTCAACTCGGTCGAGGACGCCAAGCCGTTGATCTGCCGAGACGAAGACGGCAACCTCTACTCCGACGTCAAGAGCGGCAATGGCGAGGCAAGTCTGTGGAACATCGAGTTTCGTGGCGAAGTCACGGCGACGATGGTCTACGACGGCGCGCCGATCTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTCGACGATTCGACGCTCATGGGCATCATGAACGGAAAATCGGCGTTGGTTCTCGACGGCGGACAGCACTACTACTTCCTGCTCGAGCGAGCGTGA SEQ ID NO 38: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05241 wtMNLDEARTAFARLRAAESGVSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLFASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERA*SEQ ID NO 39: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05241 E. coli optimizedATGAATCTGGACGAAGCCCGTACTGCTTTCGCCCGTCTGCGCGCTGCTGAATCTGGTGTTAGCCCGGCAGAGCTGGACGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAAACCGTTGCGGCGGAAGAAATTCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGCGATGACTTCGCAACGGGCCATCGCTTGCACGAGAAATTGTTCGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTTAACAGCGTCGAAGATGCGAAACCGCTGATCTGCCGTGATGAAGATGGCAACCTGTACAGCGACGTCAAGAGCGGTAATGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGTGGCGAAGTGACCGCGACGATGGTGTACGACGGTGCACCGATTTTTGATCATTTCAAAAAAGTCGATGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATCATGAACGGTAAGTCCGCGCTGGTTCTGGACGGTGGCCAGCACTATTACTTTCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAASEQ ID NO 40: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05241 Yeast optimizedATGAACTTGAACGAAGCTAGAACTGCTTTCGCTAGATTGAGAGCTGCTGAAAACGGTTTGTCTCCAGCTGAATTGGACGAAGTTTGGGCTGCTTTGGAAACTGTTGCTGCTGAAGAAATCTTGGGTGAATGGAAGGGTGACGACTTCGCTACTGGTCACAGATTGCACGAAAAGTTGTCTGCTTCTAGATGGTACGGTAAGACTTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGACGCTAAGCCATTGATCTGTAGAGACGAAGACGGTAACTTGTACTCTGACGTTAAGTCTGGTAACGGTGAAGCTTCTTTGTGGAACATCGAATTCAGAGGTGAAGTTACTGCTACTATGGTTTACGACGGTGCTCCAATCTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTTGACGACTCTACTTTGATGGGTATCATGAACGGTAAGTCTGCTTTGGTTTTGGACGGTGGTCAACACTACTACTTCTTGTTGGAAAGAGCTTAA SEQ ID NO 41: Penicillium disitatum Pdigit7033 wtATGTCCACAAGCACCCCACAGGATCAGTTTGCTGCCCTAGTTGCAAAAAACAGCAAGTTGAATGAAACCGACATCGAGGCTGTTTATAACAAGCTTTCAGCTCTTCCCGTCGATTTCCTCCGTGGAGAATGGAAGGGTGGAAGCTTCGACACCGGCCACCCAGGCCACACCCAGCTTTTGGCTATGAACTGGGTTGGAAAGACGTTCCACGATACCGAGCGCGTCGACCCTATTGTTGTGTTAAAGGATGGAAAGCGTGTATGCGATGAGAACTGGGGCCATGCTATCGTCCGTGAGGTTCGTTTCCGTGGTATTGTGTCAACCGCTATGATCTATGACAAGCACCCTATCATTGATCACTTCCGCTATGTTAATGAGAACCTCGTTGCTGGCGCCATGGACACTAGCTCCTTCGGTGACGTTGGTACCTACTACTTCTACCTATACAAATAGSEQ ID NO 42: Penicillium disitatum Pdigit7033 wtMSTSTPQDQFAALVAKNSKLNETDIEAVYNKLSALPVDFLRGEWKGGSFDTGHPGHTQLLAMNWVGKTFHDTERVDPIVVLKDGKRVCDENWGHAIVREVRFRGIVSTAMIYDKHPIIDHFRYVNENLVAGAMDTSSFGDVGTYYFYLYK*SEQ ID NO 43: Penicillium disitatum Pdigit7033 E. coli optimizedATGTCCACTAGCACCCCACAAGATCAATTTGCCGCACTGGTTGCCAAAAACTCTAAACTGAATGAAACCGACATTGAAGCTGTCTATAACAAGTTGAGCGCGTTGCCGGTGGATTTCCTGCGTGGCGAGTGGAAGGGCGGCAGCTTCGACACCGGTCACCCGGGTCACACGCAGCTGCTGGCAATGAATTGGGTCGGTAAGACCTTTCATGATACCGAGCGTGTGGACCCGATCGTCGTTCTGAAGGACGGTAAACGTGTGTGCGACGAGAATTGGGGTCACGCGATCGTTCGCGAAGTTCGCTTCCGTGGTATCGTGAGCACCGCGATGATCTATGATAAACACCCGATTATTGATCATTTCCGCTATGTTAACGAAAACCTGGTCGCGGGTGCGATGGATACGTCGAGCTTTGGCGACGTGGGCACGTACTACTTTTACCTGTACAAATAASEQ ID NO 44: Penicillium digitatum Pdigit7033 Yeast optimizedATGTCTACTTCTACTCCACAAGACCAATTCGCTGCTTTGGTTGCTAAGAACTCTAAGTTGAACGAAACTGACATCGAAGCTGTTTACAACAAGTTGTCTGCTTTGCCAGTTGACTTCTTGAGAGGTGAATGGAAGGGTGGTTCTTTCGACACTGGTCACCCAGGTCACACTCAATTGTTGGCTATGAACTGGGTTGGTAAGACTTTCCACGACACTGAAAGAGTTGACCCAATCGTTGTTTTGAAGGACGGTAAGAGAGTTTGTGACGAAAACTGGGGTCACGCTATCGTTAGAGAAGTTAGATTCAGAGGTATCGTTTCTACTGCTATGATCTACGACAAGCACCCAATCATCGACCACTTCAGATACGTTAACGAAAACTTGGTTGCTGGTGCTATGGACACTTCTTCTTTCGGTGACGTTGGTACTTACTACTTCTACTTGTACAAGTAASEQ ID NO 45: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-1 wt (JQGA01001114.171518-72084 (+))ATGTCGGCCAGTGACCCCAAGGACCAGTTTGCTGCCCTAGTTGCCAAGGACGGCAAGTTGAATGAAGACGAAATCGAGGCTGTTTACAACAAGCTTCCTGCTCTTCCCCTCGATTTCCTCCGTGGAGAATGGAAGGGTGGAAGCTTCGACACCGGTCACCCTGGTCACACCCAACTCTTGGCAATGAAATGGGTTGGGAAGACATTCCATTCCACCGAACGGGTTGACCCTATTGTTGTGTTAAAGGATGAAAAGCGTGTATGCAATGAGGACTGGGGCCATGCAGTCCTCCGTGAGATTCGTTTCCGTGGTATTGTGTCATCTGCTATGATCTATGACAAGCACCCTATCATCGACCACTTCCGCTATGTCAACGACAAGCTCATTGCTGGCGCCATGGACACTAGCAGCTTCGGTGACGTTGGCACCTACTACTTCTACCTGTGCAAATAGSEQ ID NO 46: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-1 wt (KGO69886.1)MSASDPKDQFAALVAKDGKLNEDEIEAVYNKLPALPLDFLRGEWKGGSFDTGHPGHTQLLAMKWVGKTFHSTERVDPIVVLKDEKRVCNEDWGHAVLREIRFRGIVSSAMIYDKHPIIDHFRYVNDKLIAGAMDTSSFGDVGTYYFYLCK*SEQ ID NO 47: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-1 E. coli optimizedATGAGCGCTTCGGACCCAAAAGATCAATTCGCAGCATTGGTGGCAAAGGACGGTAAACTGAACGAAGATGAAATCGAAGCCGTCTATAACAAGCTGCCTGCGCTGCCGCTGGACTTCTTGCGTGGTGAGTGGAAGGGCGGCAGCTTTGATACCGGTCATCCGGGCCACACTCAGCTGCTGGCGATGAAATGGGTGGGTAAAACCTTTCACAGCACCGAGCGCGTGGACCCGATCGTCGTTCTGAAAGATGAGAAGCGTGTCTGTAATGAAGATTGGGGTCACGCCGTGCTGCGCGAGATTCGTTTTCGCGGTATCGTTTCTAGCGCGATGATTTATGACAAGCATCCGATTATTGACCACTTCCGTTACGTTAATGACAAGCTGATCGCGGGTGCGATGGATACGTCCAGCTTTGGCGACGTTGGCACGTACTATTTCTACCTGTGCAAATAASEQ ID NO 48: Aspergillus wentii AspWe DUF4334 wt (LJSE01000065.1 (263404to 263924))ATGAGCTGTTGCACCGCCGAGGACCAGGCCAAACGGCTCTTCGAAGCGACCAGCCCCGTCCAACCATCAGCAGTCGAAGAACTCTTCAACCAACTCCAACCGATAAAGCCCTCATTCCTGATTGGCGAATGGGACGGAAATAGCCTGGACACCGGCCATCCCGGTCTCAAGCTGCTCCAGGCGATGCGGTGGGCGGGTAAGACATTTCGATCCGTGGATGACGCCGATCCGATTGTGACGCTGGACGATGCTGGCAATCGCATCTGGAAAGAGGAGTACGGTAATGCTGTGGTACGAGAAATGGCGTTTCGCGGAGTCGTTTCGGCGGCGATGATCTACGACACCAAGCCCATCATGGACCATTTTCGATACGTGGACGAAAAGACAGTGCTGGGTGTGATGGAAACCCCCAAGCAGGCTGGAAGCGGAACCTTTTATTTCTATCTGCAGCGTCGTGCTTCTGTCTAA SEQ ID NO 49: Aspergillus wentii AspWe DUF4334 wt (OJJ43591)MSCCTAEDQAKRLFEATSPVQPSAVEELFNQLQPIKPSFLIGEWDGNSLDTGHPGLKLLQAMRWAGKTFRSVDDADPIVTLDDAGNRIWKEEYGNAVVREMAFRGVVSAAMIYDTKPIMDHFRYVDEKTVLGVMETPKQAGSGTFYFYLQRRASVSEQ ID NO 50: Aspergillus wentii AspWe DUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGTCGTGTTGCACCGCCGAAGATCAAGCCAAACGTCTGTTCGAAGCCACTAGCCCGGTTCAACCGAGCGCGGTCGAAGAACTGTTCAATCAGCTGCAACCGATTAAGCCTTCCTTCCTGATCGGTGAGTGGGATGGCAACAGCCTGGATACCGGTCATCCGGGCTTGAAGCTGCTGCAGGCAATGCGCTGGGCGGGTAAGACCTTTCGTTCTGTGGATGACGCTGACCCAATTGTTACCCTGGACGACGCGGGTAATCGTATTTGGAAAGAGGAATACGGTAACGCAGTGGTTCGCGAGATGGCGTTTCGTGGTGTGGTCAGCGCGGCAATGATCTATGACACGAAGCCGATCATGGATCACTTTCGCTATGTTGACGAGAAAACGGTCCTGGGCGTGATGGAAACGCCGAAACAGGCTGGTAGCGGCACCTTCTACTTTTACTTGCAGCGTCGTGCGAGCGTCTAA SEQ ID NO 51: Aspergillus wentii AspWe DUF4334 Yeast optimizedATGTCTTGTTGTACTGCTGAAGACCAAGCTAAGAGATTGTTCGAAGCTACTTCTCCAGTTCAACCATCTGCTGTTGAAGAATTGTTCAACCAATTGCAACCAATCAAGCCATCTTTCTTGATCGGTGAATGGGACGGTAACTCTTTGGACACTGGTCACCCAGGTTTGAAGTTGTTGCAAGCTATGAGATGGGCTGGTAAGACTTTCAGATCTGTTGACGACGCTGACCCAATCGTTACTTTGGACGACGCTGGTAACAGAATCTGGAAGGAAGAATACGGTAACGCTGTTGTTAGAGAAATGGCTTTCAGAGGTGTTGTTTCTGCTGCTATGATCTACGACACTAAGCCAATCATGGACCACTTCAGATACGTTGACGAAAAGACTGTTTTGGGTGTTATGGAAACTCCAAAGCAAGCTGGTTCTGGTACTTTCTACTTCTACTTGCAAAGAAGAGCTTCTGTTTAA SEQ ID NO 52: Rhodococcus hoagii strain PAM2288 RhoagDUF4334-2 wt(NZ LWTW01000167.1 18658-19134 (-))ATGAACGTACGAGACGAGGTCGCCGCGCTGCGGGCGCGCACCGACCGGATCGATCCGCGGGAACTCGATTCGATCTGGGACCGCTTGGCCCCGTGTCGGCCCGTGGATCTGATCGGGTACCGCTGGAGGGGTTTCGACTTCGACACCGGACATCGCACGAGTGGGCTCCTCCGTCGAGCTCATTGGTACGGCAAGGCATTCGCCAGCGAGTCCGACGTGCAGCCTCTGCTGTGCCGCAGCGAGGACGGACAGCTGTTCTCCGACATCGGAACCGGGCACGGCGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGGAGGTCGTGTTCCGCGGGGAGGTGACCGCGACGATGGTCTACGACGGCATGCCGGTGTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTCGACGACGACACCGTCATCGGCGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGTTGGTGTTCGACGGCGGCGAACACTTCTGGTTCGGGCTGGAGCGAGACGTCGCACTCTGASEQ ID NO 53: Rhodococcus hoagii strain PAM2288 RhoagDUF4334-2 wt(WP_005516054)MNVRDEVAALRARTDRIDPRELDSIWDRLAPCRPVDLIGYRWRGFDFDTGHRTSGLLRRAHWYGKAFASESDVQPLLCRSEDGQLFSDIGTGHGEASLWEVVFRGEVTATMVYDGMPVFDHFKKVDDDTVIGVMNGKGTLVFDGGEHFWFGLERDVAL*SEQ ID NO 54: Rhodococcus hoagii strain PAM2288 RhoagDUF4334-2 E. colioptimizedATGAATGTTCGTGATGAAGTTGCAGCTCTGCGTGCCCGTACTGATAGAATCGACCCGCGTGAGCTGGATAGCATTTGGGACCGTCTGGCACCATGTCGTCCGGTGGACCTGATCGGTTACCGTTGGCGCGGTTTCGATTTCGACACCGGTCACCGTACCTCCGGTCTGTTGCGTCGCGCGCATTGGTATGGTAAGGCCTTTGCGAGCGAGAGCGACGTGCAACCGTTGCTGTGCCGCTCTGAGGACGGCCAGCTGTTTAGCGATATTGGCACCGGTCACGGTGAGGCGAGCCTGTGGGAAGTTGTCTTTCGCGGCGAAGTGACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGACGGTATGCCGGTGTTCGACCACTTCAAAAAAGTTGATGACGACACGGTGATCGGTGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGCTGGTCTTTGATGGTGGCGAGCATTTCTGGTTTGGCCTGGAACGCGATGTCGCGCTGTAASEQ ID NO 55: Rhodococcus hoagii strain N128 RhoagDUF4334-3 wt(NZ LRQY01000021.1 163210-163686 (-))ATGAACGTACGAGACGAGGTCGCCGCGCTGCGGGCGCGCACCGACCGGATCGATCCGCGGGAACTCGATTCGATCTGGGACCGCTTGGCCCCGTGTCGGCCCGTGGATCTGATCGGGTACCGCTGGAGGGGTTTCGACTTCGACACCGGACATCGCACGAGTGGGCTCCTCCGTCGAGCTCATTGGTACGGCAAGGCATTCGCCAGCGAGTCCGACGTGCAGCCTCTGCTGTGCCGCAGCGACGACGGACAGCTGTTCTCCGACATCGGAACCGGGCACGGCGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGGAGGTCGTGTTCCGCGGGGAGGTGACCGCGACGATGGTCTACGACGGCATGCCGGTGTTCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTCGACGACGACACCGTCATCGGCGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGTTGGTGTTCGACGGCGGCGAACACTTCTGGTTCGGGCTGGAGCGAGACGTCGCACTCTGASEQ ID NO 56: Rhodococcus hoagii strain N128 RhoagDUF4334-3 wt(WP_013414658)MNVRDEVAALRARTDRIDPRELDSIWDRLAPCRPVDLIGYRWRGFDFDTGHRTSGLLRRAHWYGKAFASESDVQPLLCRSDDGQLFSDIGTGHGEASLWEVVFRGEVTATMVYDGMPVFDHFKKVDDDTVIGVMNGKGTLVFDGGEHFWFGLERDVAL*SEQ ID NO 57: Rhodococcus hoagii strain N128 RhoagDUF4334-3 E. colioptimizedATGAATGTTCGTGATGAAGTTGCAGCTCTGCGTGCCCGTACTGATAGAATCGACCCGCGTGAGCTGGATAGCATTTGGGACCGTCTGGCACCATGTCGTCCGGTGGACCTGATCGGTTACCGTTGGCGCGGTTTCGATTTCGACACCGGTCACCGTACCTCCGGTCTGTTGCGTCGCGCGCATTGGTATGGTAAGGCCTTTGCGAGCGAGAGCGACGTGCAACCGTTGCTGTGCCGCTCTGATGACGGCCAGCTGTTTAGCGATATTGGCACCGGTCACGGTGAGGCGAGCCTGTGGGAAGTTGTCTTTCGCGGCGAAGTGACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGACGGTATGCCGGTGTTCGACCACTTCAAAAAAGTTGATGACGACACGGTGATCGGTGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGCTGGTCTTTGATGGTGGCGAGCATTTCTGGTTTGGCCTGGAACGCGATGTCGCGCTGTAASEQ ID NO 58: Rhodococcus hoagii RhoagDUF4334-4 wt (NZ BCRL01000037.1133790-134266 (+))ATGAACGTACGAGACGAGGTCGCCGCGCTGCGGGCGCGCACCGACCGGATCGATCCGCGGGAACTCGATTCGATCTGGGACCGCTTGGCCCCGTGTCGGCCCGTGGATCTGATCGGGTACCGCTGGCGGGGTTTCGACTTCGACACCGGACATCGCACGAGTGGGCTCCTCCGTCGAGCGCATTGGTACGGCAAGGCATTCGCCAGCGAGTCCGACGTGCAGCCTCTGCTGTGCCGCAGCGAGGACGGACAGCTGTTCTCCGACATCGGAACCGGGCACGGCGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGGAGGTCGTGTTCCGCGGGGAGGTGACCGCGACGATGGTCTACGACGGCATGCCGGTGTCCGACCACTTCAAGAAGGTCGACGACGACACCGTCATCGGCGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGTTGGTGTTCGACGGCGGCGAACACTTCTGGTTCGGGCTGGAGCGAGACGTCGCACTCTGASEQ ID NO 59: Rhodococcus hoagii RhoagDUF4334-4 wt (WP_022593671)MNVRDEVAALRARTDRIDPRELDSIWDRLAPCRPVDLIGYRWRGFDFDTGHRTSGLLRRAHWYGKAFASESDVQPLLCRSEDGQLFSDIGTGHGEASLWEVVFRGEVTATMVYDGMPVSDHFKKVDDDTVIGVMNGKGTLVFDGGEHFWFGLERDVAL*SEQ ID NO 60: Rhodococcus hoagii RhoagDUF4334-4 E. coli optimizedATGAATGTTCGTGATGAAGTTGCAGCTCTGCGTGCCCGTACTGATAGAATCGACCCGCGTGAGCTGGATAGCATTTGGGACCGTCTGGCACCATGTCGTCCGGTGGACCTGATCGGTTACCGTTGGCGCGGTTTCGATTTCGACACCGGTCACCGTACCTCCGGTCTGTTGCGTCGCGCGCATTGGTATGGTAAGGCCTTTGCGAGCGAGAGCGACGTGCAACCGTTGCTGTGCCGCTCTGAGGACGGCCAGCTGTTTAGCGATATTGGCACCGGTCACGGTGAGGCGAGCCTGTGGGAAGTTGTCTTTCGCGGCGAAGTGACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGACGGTATGCCGGTGAGCGACCACTTCAAAAAAGTTGATGACGACACGGTGATCGGTGTCATGAACGGCAAGGGCACGCTGGTCTTTGATGGTGGCGAGCATTTCTGGTTTGGCCTGGAACGCGATGTCGCGCTGTAASEQ ID NO 61: Cupriavidus necator CnecaDUF4334 wt (CP002879.1: 512553-513138)ATGCTGACAGAAATGCTGCGGAATCGAGTCTCTACAACTGCGGCGGTACTGGCCGCTTTCGATGAACTTGATCCATTATCGAGCGATTCGCTAGTTGGCTGCTGGAGTGGTTTTGTGATCGCTACCGGGCACCCCATGGACGGTCTTCTGAGCGCTGTCGGCTGGTACGGGAAAATGTTCCAAAGCGTGGATGAGGCATATCCGCTGATCATCCGGTCCCCGGACGCCAGTACGCTTTTTTCGATCGATCCCAGCCCTTTGCCACTTATAGGCTGCGCGAAGTTATCTCCCACGGATATGGTGTCGCGTTTTTCAACACTTTCCCCGTTGGCCCTGAGCACAACCGTCTCTCACGGTCGGCTGCGTATGGTCGAGTATCGCGGAAAGGTCACAGGAACTCTGATCTACGACCAGCAGCCGATACTCGATCATTTCGTGATGATTGATTCGCAAACGGTACTTGGAATTATGGATTTTAAAGAGTTCCCGCAGCCAGGCGCGTTTGTGCTGCAGCGCGATGACGACAGTGCCGTCAGCGTTGATCGCGGCGACTGGTCCCAACTGGCGGCGCAACGGCTCGGGTGASEQ ID NO 62: Cupriavidus necator CnecaDUF4334 wt (WP_049800708)MLTEMLRNRVSTTAAVLAAFDELDPLSSDSLVGCWSGFVIATGHPMDGLLSAVGWYGKMFQSVDEAYPLIIRSPDASTLFSIDPSPLPLIGCAKLSPTDMVSRFSTLSPLALSTTVSHGRLRMVEYRGKVTGTLIYDQQPILDHFVMIDSQTVLGIMDFKEFPQPGAFVLQRDDDSAVSVDRGDWSQLAAQRLG*SEQ ID NO 63: Cupriavidus necator CnecaDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGTTGACTGAAATGCTGCGTAACCGTGTGTCTACCACTGCCGCTGTCCTGGCCGCTTTTGACGAGCTGGACCCGCTGTCATCCGACAGCCTGGTTGGCTGCTGGAGCGGTTTCGTTATCGCGACGGGTCACCCTATGGATGGTCTGCTGAGCGCGGTGGGCTGGTACGGTAAAATGTTCCAGAGCGTTGATGAAGCATACCCGCTGATCATCCGCTCCCCGGACGCGAGCACGCTGTTTAGCATTGATCCGTCCCCGCTGCCGCTGATTGGTTGTGCGAAGCTGTCGCCAACCGATATGGTGAGCCGCTTCAGCACCTTAAGCCCGCTGGCGCTGAGCACCACCGTATCTCACGGTCGTCTGCGTATGGTTGAGTATCGTGGTAAGGTTACCGGCACGCTCATCTATGACCAACAGCCGATTTTGGATCATTTCGTCATGATTGACAGCCAAACGGTGCTGGGCATCATGGATTTCAAAGAATTTCCGCAGCCGGGTGCGTTTGTCTTGCAGCGTGACGACGATAGCGCAGTCAGCGTGGATCGCGGCGACTGGAGCCAACTGGCAGCCCAACGCCTGGGCTAASEQ ID NO 64: Cupriavidus necator CnecaDUF4334 Yeast optimizedATGTTGACTGAAATGTTGAGAAACAGAGTTTCTACTACTGCTGCTGTTTTGGCTGCTTTCGACGAATTGGACCCATTGTCTTCTGACTCTTTGGTTGGTTGTTGGTCTGGTTTCGTTATCGCTACTGGTCACCCAATGGACGGTTTGTTGTCTGCTGTTGGTTGGTACGGTAAGATGTTCCAATCTGTTGACGAAGCTTACCCATTGATCATCAGATCTCCAGACGCTTCTACTTTGTTCTCTATCGACCCATCTCCATTGCCATTGATCGGTTGTGCTAAGTTGTCTCCAACTGACATGGTTTCTAGATTCTCTACTTTGTCTCCATTGGCTTTGTCTACTACTGTTTCTCACGGTAGATTGAGAATGGTTGAATACAGAGGTAAGGTTACTGGTACTTTGATCTACGACCAACAACCAATCTTGGACCACTTCGTTATGATCGACTCTCAAACTGTTTTGGGTATCATGGACTTCAAGGAATTCCCACAACCAGGTGCTTTCGTTTTGCAAAGAGACGACGACTCTGCTGTTTCTGTTGACAGAGGTGACTGGTCTCAATTGGCTGCTCAAAGATTGGGTTAASEQ ID NO 65: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-2 wt (JQGA01000120.1 65652-66635 (+))ATGACAATCCAATTCCCAATCATGTCATTCGACTGTTTCCAGCCAAGCCCAGCCAAGAAATTCGTCTCTCTCACCAAACACCCTCGGGTGACTGGTGGGAAAATCAACACCGTCTTTCCTGAGCTCAAGCCTCTTCAGCCAGACGACCTAATCGGCGAATGGGACGGATATATTCTTGTCACGGGCCACCCCTTTGAAGAAGAACTGGACACGCTGAATTGGTTCGGAAATACATTTTATTCCACCGACGACGTGGCACCGCTGACTGTTGCGCGGAACGGGGTGCGGGTGCCCTTCGAGGATTGGGGGCGTGCATCTCTACGTGAAATCAAATATCAAGGAGTCGTCTCTGCGGCTTTGGTCTATGATAAACGACCAATGATGGTCTATTATCGAGCCGTGAAACATAACATGGTGGCTGGGGGTATTGAGAGTAAAGAGTGGTAGSEQ ID NO 66: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-2 wt (KGO77618.1)MTIQFPIMSFDCFQPSPAKKFVSLTKHPRVTGGKINTVFPELKPLQPDDLIGEWDGYILVTGHPFEEELDTLNWFGNTFYSTDDVAPLTVARNGVRVPFEDWGRASLREIKYQGVVSAALVYDKRPMMVYYRAVKHNMVAGGIESKEW*SEQ ID NO 67: Penicillium italicum PitalDUF4334-2 E. coli optimizedATGACCATTCAATTTCCTATCATGTCTTTTGATTGTTTTCAGCCGAGCCCAGCGAAGAAATTCGTGAGCTTGACGAAACATCCGCGTGTTACCGGTGGCAAGATCAATACGGTTTTCCCGGAACTGAAACCGCTGCAACCGGACGACCTGATCGGTGAGTGGGACGGTTACATTCTGGTGACGGGCCACCCGTTCGAAGAAGAACTGGATACCTTGAACTGGTTCGGCAATACTTTCTATAGCACCGACGATGTCGCTCCGCTGACCGTCGCCCGCAACGGTGTGCGTGTTCCGTTTGAGGATTGGGGTCGTGCGTCCCTGCGTGAGATCAAGTACCAGGGTGTGGTTAGCGCAGCGCTGGTCTACGACAAACGCCCGATGATGGTGTATTATCGCGCAGTTAAGCACAACATGGTCGCGGGTGGCATTGAGAGCAAAGAGTGGTAASEQ ID NO 68: Ralstonia insidiosa Rins-DUF4334 wt (NZ PKPC01000002.118273-18773 (-))ATGAACACGAAGCAGAAATTCGATCAACTCAAGAGCACGGAACGCCTGAATGACGAAATCCTGTTGGAGTTCTTCGACACCCTTCCCCCCGTTTCTACGGACGAAGCGCTGGGTCGCTGGAAAGGCGGTGACTTCAATACGGGGCATTGGGGCAACCTCGCTCTGAAAGCAAGGAAGTGGTACGGAAAGTGGTATCGCAGCAAGCTGGATGCGGTACCGCTTATCTGTTACGACGACCAAGGCCGCCTATATTCCAGCAAGGCCATGAAGGGCGAAGCGTCGCTTTGGGATGTGGCGTTCCGCGGAAAGGTCTCGACCACCATGATCTACGACGGCGTGCCGATCTTCGATCATTTGCGCAAGGTCGACGAGAACACGCTGTTCGGCATCATGGATGGCAAATCGTTTGAGGGGTCCCCCGACATCATCGACCGCGGCAAGTACTACTTTTTCTACCTCGAGAGGGTAGACAGCTTCCCGGCCGAATATCTGGAAGGCTGASEQ ID NO 69: Ralstonia insidiosa Rins-DUF4334 wt (WP_104654734)MNTKQKFDQLKSTERLNDEILLEFFDTLPPVSTDEALGRWKGGDFNTGHWGNLALKARKWYGKWYRSKLDAVPLICYDDQGRLYSSKAMKGEASLWDVAFRGKVSTTMIYDGVPIFDHLRKVDENTLFGIMDGKSFEGSPDIIDRGKYYFFYLERVDSFPAEYLEG*SEQ ID NO 70: Ralstonia insidiosa Rins-DUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGAACACCAAGCAAAAGTTTGACCAGCTGAAGTCCACCGAGCGCCTGAATGATGAAATCCTGTTGGAATTTTTCGATACCCTGCCTCCGGTGAGCACCGATGAAGCGCTGGGCCGTTGGAAGGGTGGCGACTTCAATACGGGTCATTGGGGTAACCTGGCCCTGAAAGCGCGTAAATGGTACGGCAAATGGTATCGCAGCAAACTGGACGCAGTTCCACTGATTTGCTATGACGATCAGGGCCGTCTGTACTCTAGCAAGGCTATGAAAGGTGAGGCGAGCCTGTGGGATGTTGCGTTTCGTGGTAAAGTGAGCACGACTATGATCTACGACGGTGTCCCGATTTTCGACCACTTGCGTAAAGTCGATGAGAACACGCTGTTTGGTATCATGGATGGTAAGTCGTTCGAGGGTAGCCCGGACATTATCGACCGTGGCAAGTACTATTTCTTTTATCTGGAGCGCGTTGACAGCTTCCCGGCAGAGTACCTGGAAGGCTAASEQ ID NO 71: Cryptococcus gattii EJB2 CgatDUF4334 wt (KN848661.1 262486-263032 (-))ATGTCCCCTCAGGAACAGTATATTGCTCTCGTCCAGGCCGGCGGCAAGTCGGACCCATCCACCATTGAAGCTCTTTTCCAAGCGCTTCCGCCGGTCAAGCCCACTCAGCTGCTAGGCGACTGGAATCACGGCGGATTTTTCGACACAGGCCATCCGGTTAACGAGCAACTCAAAGAGATTAAATGGATTGGAAAGTCATTTAAGTCCGTCGAAGATGTTGATCCTGTGATTATTGACCAGGATGGTAAGCCAACTAGCTGGAGGAAGTGGGGGTCAGCCAGCCTGCGAGAGATGGTGTATGAAGGCACTGTATCAACGTCGATGATATATGATGACCGACCAATCATCGATCACTTCCGCTACGTAGATGACGACTTTATGGCGGGGATAATGGAAGGGAAGGCTCTGGGGGAGGCGGGGAAGTTTTATTTCTATTTGAGAAGATAGSEQ ID NO 72: Cryptococcus gattii EJB2 CgatDUF4334 wt (KIR80015)MSPQEQYIALVQAGGKSDPSTIEALFQALPPVKPTQLLGDWNHGGFFDTGHPVNEQLKEIKWIGKSFKSVEDVDPVIIDQDGKPTSWRKWGSASLREMVYEGTVSTSMIYDDRPIIDHFRYVDDDFMAGIMEGKALGEAGKFYFYLRR*SEQ ID NO 73: Cryptococcus gattii EJB2 CgatDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGAGCCCACAAGAACAATACATTGCATTAGTCCAGGCCGGTGGTAAGAGCGATCCTAGCACGATCGAAGCGCTGTTTCAGGCATTGCCGCCGGTTAAACCGACCCAGCTGCTGGGCGATTGGAATCACGGTGGCTTCTTTGACACGGGCCATCCGGTGAACGAACAACTGAAAGAAATCAAGTGGATTGGCAAATCCTTCAAATCGGTCGAAGATGTTGATCCGGTGATCATCGACCAGGACGGTAAGCCGACTAGCTGGCGTAAGTGGGGTTCTGCGAGCCTGCGTGAGATGGTTTATGAGGGCACCGTGAGCACCAGCATGATTTATGACGACCGCCCGATCATTGATCACTTTCGTTACGTCGATGACGACTTCATGGCTGGTATTATGGAAGGCAAGGCACTGGGTGAGGCCGGTAAATTCTACTTTTATCTGCGCCGTTAASEQ ID NO 74: Grosmannia clavigera kw1407 GclavDUF4334 wt(XM_014316402.1)ATGACAGCTGTACAGCGATTTAACGCACTCACCAAAGCAGAAGGGCTTCTCAAGGAGTCTGAGCTTGCACAAATTTTCGACGAGCTCCCTCCTGTTTCTCCAGAAGCTATGACAGGCAAGTGGAATGGAGGCAGCTTTGACAGTGGCCATCCTGTCCACAAGCTGCTTCAAACTTTTAAATGGGCAGGGAAAGAATTCCGCTCCGTTGACGATATCGACCCGATTGTGATCTTCGACGAAAATGGGGAGCGAAAGTGGCTATCCGAGTATGGACATGCAAGACTGCGTGAAGTTAAGTTTCGGGGAGTTGTATCTGCCGCCTTGGTATACGACAAAGTTGCCATTATCGACTCGTTTCGTCGGGTTTCGGACAACGTGCTGATGGGAACTATGGACGCCAGGGACTGGCCGGATGCTGGCATCTACTACTTTTACATCACCAAGTTTGAAGAATTGTGASEQ ID NO 75: Grosmannia clavigera kw1407 GclavDUF4334 wt(XP_014171877.1)MTAVQRFNALTKAEGLLKESELAQIFDELPPVSPEAMTGKWNGGSFDSGHPVHKLLQTFKWAGKEFRSVDDIDPIVIFDENGERKWLSEYGHARLREVKFRGVVSAALVYDKVAIIDSFRRVSDNVLMGTMDARDWPDAGIYYFYITKFEEL*SEQ ID NO 76: Grosmannia clavigera kw1407 GclavDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGACTGCTGTTCAACGTTTTAACGCATTGACCAAAGCCGAGGGTTTGCTGAAAGAATCTGAGCTGGCACAGATTTTCGACGAACTGCCGCCGGTTAGCCCAGAGGCCATGACCGGTAAGTGGAATGGTGGCAGCTTTGATTCCGGCCATCCGGTGCACAAGCTGCTGCAGACGTTCAAATGGGCGGGTAAAGAATTTCGTAGCGTTGACGACATTGACCCGATCGTGATCTTTGATGAGAATGGCGAGCGCAAGTGGCTGAGCGAGTATGGTCACGCACGCCTGCGTGAAGTGAAGTTCCGTGGTGTCGTCAGCGCGGCTCTGGTCTATGACAAAGTCGCGATCATTGACAGCTTCCGCCGTGTTAGCGATAACGTGCTGATGGGTACGATGGATGCGCGTGATTGGCCGGATGCGGGCATTTACTACTTCTACATCACCAAGTTTGAAGAACTGTAASEQ ID NO 77: Oidiodendron maius Zn OmaiusDUF4334 wt (KN832882.1673187-675938 (-))ATGGCTTCTACTTTATATGAAGCTAGAGTTATTTTGGCACTTAAAGCTATTCAAAACAGCAACAATCTTAGCTTACGAGCTGCAGCAAAGCTGTATGATGTACAGCCAACAACCCTATATTACCGACAAGCTGGCCGACCTGCACGACATGATATTCCACCTAACTCTCGCAAGCTTACGGATCTAGAAGAGGAGACGATTGTTCGCCCGACGGAACAGTTTATTGCCCTAGCTCAGGCCCAGGGCCGGCTTGATGCCACATTGATTGACGCGGTGTTTAACAAGTTTGGCCCAGTCAAGCCAGAGCTGATGCTAGGCAAGTGGAGTGGTGGGATTTTAGACACCGGCCATCCTATGGGAGATACACTGAAGGAGATACGATGGGTGGGCAAGAATTTCACCTCCACTGAACACGTGGACCCGGTTATTATCGACAAGAACGGCCAAAGGGCCAGCTGGGGGAAGTGGGGCCTTGCTACCCTACGTGAGGTCTTGTATCGAGATGTTGTCTCGACGGCGATGATCTACGATGACCGCCCGGTCTTTGACTATTTCCGTTTCGCTAATGATGATATGGTTGCTGGTATCATGGAAGGGAAGGAGTTGGGAGGGAGACTTTTCTATTTCTACCTGAAGAGATAGSEQ ID NO 78: Oidiodendron maius Zn OmaiusDUF4334 wt (KIM97275)MASTLYEARVILALKAIQNSNNLSLRAAAKLYDVQPTTLYYRQAGRPARHDIPPNSRKLTDLEEETIVRPTEQFIALAQAQGRLDATLIDAVFNKFGPVKPELMLGKWSGGILDTGHPMGDTLKEIRWVGKNFTSTEHVDPVIIDKNGQRASWGKWGLATLREVLYRDVVSTAMIYDDRPVFDYFRFANDDMVAGIMEGKELGGRLFYFYLKR*SEQ ID NO 79: Oidiodendron maius Zn OmaiusDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGGCAAGCACTTTGTATGAAGCTCGCGTGATTCTGGCGCTGAAAGCGATTCAAAATAGCAACAATCTGAGCTTGCGTGCAGCCGCGAAGCTCTATGATGTCCAGCCGACCACGCTGTACTATCGTCAGGCCGGTCGTCCAGCTCGCCACGACATCCCGCCGAACTCCCGTAAGCTGACCGATCTGGAAGAGGAAACGATCGTTCGCCCGACCGAGCAATTCATCGCGTTAGCACAAGCACAGGGCCGTCTGGATGCGACCCTGATTGATGCAGTTTTCAATAAGTTTGGTCCGGTGAAGCCTGAGCTGATGCTGGGTAAGTGGAGCGGTGGCATTCTGGACACGGGTCACCCGATGGGCGATACCCTGAAAGAAATCCGTTGGGTGGGTAAAAATTTCACCAGCACCGAACATGTTGATCCGGTCATCATTGACAAAAACGGTCAGCGCGCTTCTTGGGGCAAGTGGGGTCTGGCCACCTTGCGTGAAGTTCTGTACCGCGACGTCGTCAGCACGGCGATGATTTACGATGACCGTCCGGTGTTTGACTATTTTCGTTTCGCGAACGACGACATGGTTGCGGGTATCATGGAAGGCAAAGAACTGGGTGGCCGTCTGTTTTACTTCTACCTGAAACGCTAASEQ ID NO 80: Thermomonospora curvata TcurvaDUF4334 wt (NC_013510.1)ATGGATGCGGAACAGCGCCTTGCCAAGATCATCGCGTCCGGCGACGAGTGCGACCGGGCCACCGTGGAGGAACTGTACGACCGGCTGGCCCCCGTGCCGGTGGACTTCATGCTCGGCACCTGGCGGGGCGGCATCTTCGACCGGGGCGACGCGCTGGCGGGGATGCTGCTGGGGATGAACTGGTACGGCAAGCGGTTCATCGACCGCGACCACGTCGAGCCGCTGCTGTGCCGCTCCCCCGACGGCTCGATCTACTCCTACGAGAAGCTCGGGCTGGCCCGGCTGCGCGAGGTCGCCCTGCGCGGCACGGTCTCGGCGGCCATGATCTACGACAAGCAGCCCATCATCGACCACTTCCGGCGGGTCAACGACGACATGGTGGTCGGCGCCATGGACGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCGACATCCTCTACTTCCACCTCACCCGGGAACGCTGASEQ ID NO 81: Thermomonospora curvata TcurvaDUF4334 wt (WP_012851400.1)MDAEQRLAKIIASGDECDRATVEELYDRLAPVPVDFMLGTWRGGIFDRGDALAGMLLGMNWYGKRFIDRDHVEPLLCRSPDGSIYSYEKLGLARLREVALRGTVSAAMIYDKQPIIDHFRRVNDDMVVGAMDAKGQPDILYFHLTRER*SEQ ID NO 82: Thermomonospora curvata TcurvaDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGGATGCGGAACAAAGACTGGCTAAAATTATTGCATCTGGTGATGAGTGTGATCGTGCAACCGTGGAAGAACTGTATGACCGTTTGGCCCCTGTCCCGGTTGACTTCATGCTGGGTACGTGGCGTGGTGGCATCTTCGATCGTGGTGATGCGCTGGCGGGTATGCTGCTGGGTATGAATTGGTATGGCAAGCGCTTTATCGACCGCGACCACGTCGAGCCACTGCTGTGCCGTAGCCCGGATGGCTCCATCTACAGCTACGAGAAACTGGGTCTGGCCCGTTTGCGCGAAGTGGCACTGCGTGGCACCGTTAGCGCGGCTATGATTTATGACAAACAGCCGATTATCGACCATTTCCGTCGCGTGAACGACGACATGGTTGTCGGCGCGATGGATGCGAAGGGTCAGCCGGACATCCTGTACTTTCACCTGACCCGCGAGCGTTAASEQ ID NO 83: Pseudomonas litoralis DlitoDUF4334 wt (NZ LT629748.13096922-3097413 (+))ATGACTGCAACACTGGCCGCCCTCAGCCTGACCACCCTGCTTGCCGGGCCCAGTCTGGCCGCAGATACGGAACAGCAATGGCTGGAGATGATCGCCAGCGGTGAAGCCTATTCGGCGGACACCCTGGTGCCTCTGTTCAAACAACTCGAACCGGTGGATACCGACTTCATGGTCGGCACATGGAAGGGCGGCAAGTTCGACGGCGGCGCCGAGCCGGACCCGATCAACTGGTACGGCAAACGTTTCACCTCGACCACCGATGTCGAGCCGTTATTGGTAAACGATGCCGAGGGCGAGGTGATCACCCACGACCGGCTCGGCGCCGCACAGATGCGCCAGGTGGTGTTCGATGGGAAGGTATCGGCCGCGTTGATCTACGACAGCCAGCCGATCATGGATTACCTCCGCAAGGTCAACGAGGATGTGGTCATCGGCCTGGGCGACATCAAGGGCAAGCCTACCGATTTCTTTTTCTATCTGGTACGCGATTAASEQ ID NO 84: Pseudomonas litoralis DlitoDUF4334 wt (WP_090274689)MTATLAALSLTTLLAGPSLAADTEQQWLEMIASGEAYSADTLVPLFKQLEPVDTDFMVGTWKGGKFDGGAEPDPINWYGKRFTSTTDVEPLLVNDAEGEVITHDRLGAAQMRQVVFDGKVSAALIYDSQPIMDYLRKVNEDVVIGLGDIKGKPTDFFFYLVRD*SEQ ID NO 85: Pseudomonas litoralis DlitoDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGACTGCGACTTTGGCTGCTCTGAGCTTGACGACCCTGTTGGCTGGCCCATCTTTGGCTGCGGACACCGAGCAGCAATGGCTGGAAATGATTGCAAGCGGCGAGGCGTATAGCGCGGACACCCTGGTGCCGCTGTTCAAGCAACTGGAGCCTGTCGATACGGACTTCATGGTCGGCACGTGGAAGGGCGGCAAATTTGATGGTGGTGCCGAACCGGACCCGATTAACTGGTACGGTAAGCGTTTTACCAGCACGACCGATGTGGAGCCGCTGCTGGTGAATGACGCCGAGGGTGAAGTTATCACCCACGATCGTCTGGGTGCGGCACAGATGCGCCAAGTTGTTTTTGATGGCAAAGTCTCCGCAGCGCTGATCTACGACAGCCAGCCGATTATGGACTATCTGCGCAAAGTGAACGAAGATGTTGTCATCGGTCTGGGTGACATCAAGGGTAAACCGACCGACTTTTTCTTCTACCTGGTTCGTGATTAASEQ ID NO 86: Pseudomonas protegens PprotDUF4334 wt (NC_021237.15528027-5528524 (-))ATGAATACGAAAGAAAAGTTTGAACAGCTTAAGAGCACGCAAGGTCTTAATGATGAAGTACTGTTGGACTTCTTTGACTCGCTTTCTCCAGTCACAATCGATGGCGCGTTGGGCCGTTGGCAAGGTGGTGACTTCAAGACAGGACACTGGGGCAATGACGCACTTACCGGAATGAAGTGGTACGGAAAGTGGTACCGGAGCAAGTTGGATGCCGTTCCCCTAGTCTGCTACGACGAACAGGGCCGACTATTTTCCAACAAGATCATGAAAGGTGAGGCCTCTCTCTGGGAGGTGGCGTTTCGTGGCAAGGTTTCGACTACGATGATCTACGATGGCGTTCCGATTTATGATCACTTGCGCAAGGTCGATGACAACACCCTTTTCGGGATCATGGATGGTAAGTCCTTTGAGGGGCAGCTCCCCGACATCATCGACAATGGCAAGTACTACTTCTTCTACCTCGAAAGGGTCGATGGCTTCCCTGTCGAGTTCGTCTAGSEQ ID NO 87: Pseudomonas protegens PprotDUF4334 wt (WP_015636872.1)MNTKEKFEQLKSTQGLNDEVLLDFFDSLSPVTIDGALGRWQGGDFKTGHWGNDALTGMKWYGKWYRSKLDAVPLVCYDEQGRLFSNKIMKGEASLWEVAFRGKVSTTMIYDGVPIYDHLRKVDDNTLFGIMDGKSFEGQLPDIIDNGKYYFFYLERVDGFPVEFV*SEQ ID NO 88: Pseudomonas protegens PprotDUF4334 E. coli optimizedATGAACACGAAAGAAAAGTTTGAACAGTTGAAAAGCACCCAAGGTCTGAACGATGAAGTTTTGCTGGATTTCTTCGATAGCCTGAGCCCAGTGACCATTGACGGTGCACTGGGCCGTTGGCAGGGTGGCGACTTCAAGACCGGTCACTGGGGCAACGACGCGCTGACTGGCATGAAATGGTACGGTAAATGGTATCGCAGCAAACTGGATGCTGTGCCGCTGGTGTGCTACGACGAACAGGGTCGTCTGTTTTCCAATAAGATCATGAAAGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGGAAGTCGCGTTCCGCGGTAAGGTTAGCACGACGATGATTTATGATGGTGTGCCGATCTATGACCATCTGCGTAAAGTTGATGACAATACCCTGTTTGGCATCATGGATGGCAAGTCTTTTGAGGGTCAACTGCCGGACATCATTGACAATGGCAAGTACTACTTCTTCTACCTGGAGCGTGTTGACGGTTTTCCGGTCGAGTTCGTCTAASEQ ID NO 89: Artificial SCH91-3944-W44A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEAKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 90: Artificial SCH91-3944-W44A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGGCAAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 91: Artificial SCH91-3944-T51A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFAAGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 92: Artificial SCH91-3944-T51A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGGCCGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 93: Artificial SCH91-3944-H53A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGARLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 94: Artificial SCH91-3944-H53A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTGCACGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 95: Artificial SCH91-3944-L59A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKASASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 96: Artificial SCH91-3944-L59A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAAGCATCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 97: Artificial SCH91-3944-W64A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRAYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 98: Artificial SCH91-3944-W64A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCGCCTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 99: Artificial SCH91-3944-K67A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGATFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 100: Artificial SCH91-3944-K67A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTGCAACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 101: Artificial SCH91-3944-S71A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNAVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 102: Artificial SCH91-3944-S71A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACGCAGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 103: Artificial SCH91-3944-R106A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFAGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 104: Artificial SCH91-3944-R106A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTGCAGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 105: Artificial SCH91-3944-Y115A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVADGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 106: Artificial SCH91-3944-Y115A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTGCCGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 107: Artificial SCH91-3944-D116A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYAGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 108: Artificial SCH91-3944-D116A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGCCGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 109: Artificial SCH91-3944-D122A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFAHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 110: Artificial SCH91-3944-D122A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGCACATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 111: Artificial SCH91-3944-M136A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIANGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 112: Artificial SCH91-3944-M136A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTGCAAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 113: Artificial SCH91-3944-K139A variantMNTNEARTAFARIRAAENGTSPARIDEVWAATRTVAAEETTGEWKGDDFATGHRIHEKISASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGASALVLDGGQHYYFLLERASEQ ID NO 114: Artificial SCH91-3944-K139A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCGCAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 115: Artificial SCH91-3944-F152A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYALLERASEQ ID NO 116: Artificial SCH91-3944-F152A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATGCACTGCTGGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 117: Artificial SCH91-3944-L154A variantMNLNEARTAFARLRAAENGLSPAELDEVWAALETVAAEEILGEWKGDDFATGHRLHEKLSASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLAERASEQ ID NO 118: Artificial SCH91-3944-L154A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGGCCGAGCGTGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 119: Artificial SCH91-3944-R156A variantMNTNEARTAFARIRAAENGTSPARIDEVWAATRTVAAEETTGEWKGDDFATGHRIHEKISASRWYGKTFNSVEDAKPLICRDEDGNLYSDVKSGNGEASLWNIEFRGEVTATMVYDGAPIFDHFKKVDDSTLMGIMNGKSALVLDGGQHYYFLLEAASEQ ID NO 120: Artificial SCH91-3944-R156A E. coli optimizedATGAACTTAAATGAAGCGCGTACCGCATTTGCACGTCTGAGAGCTGCCGAGAACGGTCTGAGCCCGGCTGAGCTGGATGAAGTGTGGGCAGCGCTGGAGACTGTGGCGGCTGAAGAAATCCTGGGTGAGTGGAAGGGTGACGATTTTGCGACGGGTCACCGTCTGCACGAGAAACTGTCGGCGAGCCGCTGGTATGGTAAGACCTTCAACTCTGTTGAAGATGCAAAGCCGCTGATTTGCCGTGACGAAGATGGCAATCTGTACTCCGATGTCAAGAGCGGTAACGGTGAGGCCAGCCTGTGGAATATCGAGTTTCGCGGCGAAGTCACCGCGACGATGGTTTACGATGGTGCCCCGATCTTCGACCATTTCAAAAAAGTTGACGACAGCACCCTGATGGGCATTATGAATGGCAAAAGCGCGTTGGTGTTGGACGGTGGCCAGCATTACTATTTCCTGCTGGAGGCAGCGTAA SEQ ID NO 121: Integration cassette fragment 1GCAGGCAGCTCCATTTCATGTAGGTGATTTATCCCTCCGGGCGGTATTTGAGACTCTCGGSEQ ID NO 122: Integration cassette fragment 2ACTGCTGGGTACTGTTCAGGCACGATAGGAAATGCGTCCAGCGCATACACCAGTCTTAGCSEQ ID NO 123: Integration cassette fragment 3AGTCGACCTTACAGCGCCTGGGACTCTACATAAACATGCAGCGAACATGCTTTCCAACGCSEQ ID NO 124: LEU2 yeast marker primer 1AGGTGCAGTTCGCGTGCAATTATAACGTCGTGGCAACTGTTATCAGTCGTACCGCGCCATTCGACTACGTCGTAAGGCC SEQ ID NO 125: LEU2 yeast marker primer 2TCGTGGTCAAGGCGTGCAATTCTCAACACGAGAGTGATTCTTCGGCGTTGTTGCTGACCATCGACGGTCGAGGAGAACTT SEQ ID NO 126: AmpR E. coli marker primer 1TGGTCAGCAACAACGCCGAAGAATCACTCTCGTGTTGAGAATTGCACGCCTTGACCACGACACGTTAAGGGATTTTGGTCATGAG SEQ ID NO 127: AmpR E. coli marker primer 2AACGCGTACCCTAAGTACGGCACCACAGTGACTATGCAGTCCGCACTTTGCCAATGCCAAAAATGTGCGCGGAACCCCTA SEQ ID NO 128: Yeast origin of replication primer 1TTGGCATTGGCAAAGTGCGGACTGCATAGTCACTGTGGTGCCGTACTTAGGGTACGCGTTCCTGAACGAAGCATCTGTGCTTCA SEQ ID NO 129: Yeast origin of replication primer 2CCGAGATGCCAAAGGATAGGTGCTATGTTGATGACTACGACACAGAACTGCGGGTGACATAATGATAGCATTGAAGGATGAGACT SEQ ID NO 130: E. coli replication origin primer 1ATGTCACCCGCAGTTCTGTGTCGTAGTCATCAACATAGCACCTATCCTTTGGCATCTCGGTGAGCAAAAGGCCAGCAAAAGG SEQ ID NO 131: E. coli replication origin primer 2CTCAGATGTACGGTGATCGCCACCATGTGACGGAAGCTATCCTGACAGTGTAGCAAGTGCTGAGCGTCAGACCCCGTAGAASEQ ID NO 132: DNA fragment for S. cerevisiae co-transformationATTCCTAGTGACGGCCTTGGGAACTCGATACACGATGTTCAGTAGACCGCTCACACATGGSEQ ID NO 133: Hyphozyma roseoniera SCH23-ADH1 wtATGCAATTCAGCATCGGAGATGTACTCGCCATTGTAGATAAAACAATCCTCAACCCACTCGTCGTCAGCGCAGGACTTCTGTCTCTGCACTTTCTCACCAATGACAAATACGCAATCACTGCGAATGACGGTCTATTCCCTTATCAAATTAGCACTCCAGACTCGCATCGAAAAGCCCTTTTTGCACTTGGCTTTGGTCTACTTCTCAGAGCCAATCGCTACATGAGCAGAAAAGCTCTGAACAACAACACCGCCGCACAATTCGACTGGAATCGTGAGATCATCGTTGTTACTGGTGGATCTGGTGGTATCGGTGCTCAGGCCGCGCAGAAATTGGCAGAAAGAGGATCGAAAGTGATTGTTATTGATGTGCTACCACTTACCTTTGACAAGCCCAAGAATTTGTACCACTATAAATGTGATCTCACAAACTACAAAGAGCTCCAAGAAGTTGCGGCTAAGATCGAAAGAGAAGTTGGCACTCCGACTTGTGTAGTTGCGAATGCAGGAATATGTCGTGGAAAGAACATATTCGATGCTACAGAACGAGATGTTCAGCTTACCTTTGGAGTCAACAATCTGGGACTTCTATGGACAGCCAAAACCTTTCTCCCATCAATGGCCAAAGCAAATCATGGCCATTTCTTGATCATCGCCTCTCAAACCGGCCATCTAGCGACCGCAGGAGTAGTCGACTATGCAGCGACCAAAGCAGCAGCAATCGCCATATATGAAGGTCTACAAACAGAGATGAAGCACTTTTATAAAGCGCCTGCTGTACGCGTATCTTGTATCTCCCCATCCGCGGTCAAGACGAAGATGTTTGCAGGCATCAAGACTGGAGGCAATTTCTTCATGCCAATGTTGACGCCTGATGATCTTGGAGACCTGATTGCAAAGACTTTGTGGGACGGTGTGGCAGTCAATATTTTGAGCCCTGCGGCGGCATATATCAGCCCGCCCACGAGAGCTTTGCCAGATTGGATGAGGGTTGGCATGCAGGATGCTGGTGCTGAGATCATGACGGAATTGACTCCTCATAAGCCGTTGGA GTAGSEQ ID NO 134: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-ADH1 wtMQFSIGDVLAIVDKTILNPLVVSAGLLSLHFLTNDKYAITANDGLFPYQISTPDSHRKALFALGFGLLLRANRYMSRKALNNNTAAQFDWNREIIVVTGGSGGIGAQAAQKLAERGSKVIVIDVLPLTFDKPKNLYHYKCDLTNYKELQEVAAKIEREVGTPTCVVANAGICRGKNIFDATERDVQLTFGVNNLGLLWTAKTFLPSMAKANHGHFLIIASQTGHLATAGVVDYAATKAAAIAIYEGLQTEMKHFYKAPAVRVSCISPSAVKTKMFAGIKTGGNFFMPMLTPDDLGDLIAKTLWDGVAVNILSPAAAYISPPTRALPDWMRVGMQDAGAEIMTELTPHKPLESEQ ID NO 135: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-ADH1 Yeast optimizedATGCAATTCTCTATCGGTGACGTTTTGGCTATCGTTGACAAGACTATCTTGAACCCATTGGTTGTTTCTGCTGGTTTGTTGTCTTTGCACTTCTTGACTAACGACAAGTACGCTATCACTGCTAACGACGGTTTGTTCCCATACCAAATCTCTACTCCAGACTCTCACAGAAAGGCTTTGTTCGCTTTGGGTTTCGGTTTGTTGTTGAGAGCTAACAGATACATGTCTAGAAAGGCTTTGAACAACAACACTGCTGCTCAATTCGACTGGAACAGAGAAATCATCGTTGTTACTGGTGGTTCTGGTGGTATCGGTGCTCAAGCTGCTCAAAAGTTGGCTGAAAGAGGTTCTAAGGTTATCGTTATCGACGTTTTGCCATTGACTTTCGACAAGCCAAAGAACTTGTACCACTACAAGTGTGACTTGACTAACTACAAGGAATTGCAAGAAGTTGCTGCTAAGATCGAAAGAGAAGTTGGTACTCCAACTTGTGTTGTTGCTAACGCTGGTATCTGTAGAGGTAAGAACATCTTCGACGCTACTGAAAGAGACGTTCAATTGACTTTCGGTGTTAACAACTTGGGTTTGTTGTGGACTGCTAAGACTTTCTTGCCATCTATGGCTAAGGCTAACCACGGTCACTTCTTGATCATCGCTTCTCAAACTGGTCACTTGGCTACTGCTGGTGTTGTTGACTACGCTGCTACTAAGGCTGCTGCTATCGCTATCTACGAAGGTTTGCAAACTGAAATGAAGCACTTCTACAAGGCTCCAGCTGTTAGAGTTTCTTGTATCTCTCCATCTGCTGTTAAGACTAAGATGTTCGCTGGTATCAAGACTGGTGGTAACTTCTTCATGCCAATGTTGACTCCAGACGACTTGGGTGACTTGATCGCTAAGACTTTGTGGGACGGTGTTGCTGTTAACATCTTGTCTCCAGCTGCTGCTTACATCTCTCCACCAACTAGAGCTTTGCCAGACTGGATGAGAGTTGGTATGCAAGACGCTGGTGCTGAAATCATGACTGAATTGACTCCACACAAGCCATTGGAATAASEQ ID NO 136: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-ADH2 wtATGGCGACGATACCGACCACAATGACCGCAGCGACAATCGTTGAATTCAACAAGCCCATCGTGCTAAAGAACGACATACCAGTTCCAGACCTACCAGAGAACAAGATTCTTGTTAGGATAGCTGCAACATCATTATGCTCAAGCGACTTGATGGCGTACAAAGGTTACATGGATTTCATGACCAAGACGCCTTACTGCGGAGGACACGAGCCCGTGGGAACGGTGGTGAAAGTCGGTTCTTCGGTAAAAGGCTACTCGGTTGGAGATCGCGTTGGCATATTGATGTTCTTCGATACCTGTGGAACATGCAATGACTGCTTCTCGGGTGAACATCGCTTTTGCAGCACAAAGAAAATCCTAGGCTTCGCGGAAAGCTGGGGAGGATTTTCAGAATACGCACTTGCTGATCCCATCTCGACCATCAAGCTCCCGGAAGGGTTGAGTTTCGATGTAGCAGCGCCTTTGTTCTGCGCTGGGATCACAGCCTACAGCGCGCTGTTGAAGGTGAAGAGTCATGCCGGTCAACTCATCAATATCATCGGCTGTGGAGGCGTAGGACATATGGCTATATTGTATGCGAGAGCTATGGGATATCGAGTTCATGTTTACGATATATCCGATTCCAAGGTCGAATTTGCACTCTTTCTCGGCGCAGATGCAGCCTTCAACACTCTGACCTATACCGGTCCAATAGAATCAGCATCTTCTACGTTAGTCGTAAGTGGAGCAAATGCAGCATACCAGAGCGCTCTAGGCATGACGAGTAATCATGGAGTCGTCCTGGGTATTGGACTACCAGCGGGAGGTGTGGTCATTGATGTGCCAGCTTGGGGTACGAAAGGCGTTACATTCGTCCCATGCAACACAGGCTCGAAACAGGAACTAGAAGAAGCGCTAGAATTGGCTGTGAGAAAGGATATCAAACCATTACTTGACATCCGCCATATCGACACAATTAATGAGGCATATCAAGATTTGGCGGAGGGAAAGATCAATGGGAGGATTGTTTTCCACTTCGAGTGASEQ ID NO 137: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-ADH2 wtMATIPTTMTAATIVEFNKPIVLKNDIPVPDLPENKILVRIAATSLCSSDLMAYKGYMDFMTKTPYCGGHEPVGTVVKVGSSVKGYSVGDRVGILMFFDTCGTCNDCFSGEHRFCSTKKILGFAESWGGFSEYALADPISTIKLPEGLSFDVAAPLFCAGITAYSALLKVKSHAGQLINIIGCGGVGHMAILYARAMGYRVHVYDISDSKVEFALFLGADAAFNTLTYTGPIESASSTLVVSGANAAYQSALGMTSNHGVVLGIGLPAGGVVIDVPAWGTKGVTFVPCNTGSKQELEEALELAVRKDIKPLLDIRHIDTINEAYQDLAEGKINGRIVFHFESEQ ID NO 138: Hyphozyma roseonigra SCH23-ADH2 Yeast optimizedATGGCTACTATCCCAACTACTATGACTGCTGCTACTATCGTTGAATTCAACAAGCCAATCGTTTTGAAGAACGACATCCCAGTTCCAGACTTGCCAGAAAACAAGATCTTGGTTAGAATCGCTGCTACTTCTTTGTGTTCTTCTGACTTGATGGCTTACAAGGGTTACATGGACTTCATGACTAAGACTCCATACTGTGGTGGTCACGAACCAGTTGGTACTGTTGTTAAGGTTGGTTCTTCTGTTAAGGGTTACTCTGTTGGTGACAGAGTTGGTATCTTGATGTTCTTCGACACTTGTGGTACTTGTAACGACTGTTTCTCTGGTGAACACAGATTCTGTTCTACTAAGAAGATCTTGGGTTTCGCTGAATCTTGGGGTGGTTTCTCTGAATACGCTTTGGCTGACCCAATCTCTACTATCAAGTTGCCAGAAGGTTTGTCTTTCGACGTTGCTGCTCCATTGTTCTGTGCTGGTATCACTGCTTACTCTGCTTTGTTGAAGGTTAAGTCTCACGCTGGTCAATTGATCAACATCATCGGTTGTGGTGGTGTTGGTCACATGGCTATCTTGTACGCTAGAGCTATGGGTTACAGAGTTCACGTTTACGACATCTCTGACTCTAAGGTTGAATTCGCTTTGTTCTTGGGTGCTGACGCTGCTTTCAACACTTTGACTTACACTGGTCCAATCGAATCTGCTTCTTCTACTTTGGTTGTTTCTGGTGCTAACGCTGCTTACCAATCTGCTTTGGGTATGACTTCTAACCACGGTGTTGTTTTGGGTATCGGTTTGCCAGCTGGTGGTGTTGTTATCGACGTTCCAGCTTGGGGTACTAAGGGTGTTACTTTCGTTCCATGTAACACTGGTTCTAAGCAAGAATTGGAAGAAGCTTTGGAATTGGCTGTTAGAAAGGACATCAAGCCATTGTTGGACATCAGACACATCGACACTATCAACGAAGCTTACCAAGACTTGGCTGAAGGTAAGATCAACGGTAGAATCGTTTTCCACTTCGAATAASEQ ID NO 139: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH1 wtATGCCAACCCCTATCTTTGGCGCCCGAGAGGGTTTCACTATCGACTCCGTACTGAGCATCCTGGATGCGACCGTACTTAACCCCTGGTTTACCGGCGTGTGCCTAATAGCCGTCTGCGCCCGAGATCGCACCATTACGTACCCGGACTGGCCGGCGGCTCTGGACCAGGTGCTCCCCTTCTTGTCGCAGATGTGGAGGGAAACTGTCAGACCGACCTTTGGCGACCGCAACGTCCTTCATCTGTTGACCACTGTGTGTGTCGGCCTTGCCATCCGAACCAACAGACGGATGAGTCGGGGAGCGAGGAACAATTGGGTGTGGGATACTAGTTATGACTGGAAGAAGGAGATCGTAGTGGTTACGGGAGGAGCTGCCGGGTTTGGTGCAGACATCGTACAACAGCTAGACACGCGTGGAATCCAGGTCGTCGTCTTGGATGTGGGATCCCTCACCTATAGGCCTTCGAGCAGAGTTCATTATTACAAGTGCGACGTGTCGAACCCACAAGACGTCGCCAGCGTGGCTAAAGCTATCGTATCCAACGTCGGGCACCCGACCATATTGGTCAACAACGCTGGCGTATTCAGGGGTGCGACTATTCTCTCCACGACACCGCGCGACCTCGACATGACCTACGACATCAACGTCAAAGCGCACTATCATCTCACGAAGGCGTTCCTCCCGAACATGATCTCCAAGAACCATGGACATATTGTGACTGTGTCAAGCGCGACCGCATACGCTCAAGCTTGTTCTGGCGTGTCATACTGTTCCTCAAAGGCCGCCATCTTGTCATTTCACGAAGGACTGAGCGAAGAGATTTTGTGGATCTATAAGGCGCCCAAAGTCCGGACCTCGGTCATCTGCCCCGGACACGTCAATACGGCCATGTTTACAGGCATTGGAGCCGCCGCTCCCTCGTTCATGGCACCTGCACTTCATCCCTCGACAGTCGCCGAGACAATCGTCGATGTATTGCTCTCATGCGAGTCTCAACACGTCCTGATGCCCGCCGCCATGCACATGTCAGTCGCCGGACGAGCGCTGCCCACCTGGTTCTTCCGGGGGTTGTTGGCATCGGGCAAGGATACCATGGGTAGCGTTGTCCGCCGATGASEQ ID NO 140: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH1 wtMPTPIFGAREGFTIDSVLSILDATVLNPWFTGVCLIAVCARDRTITYPDWPAALDQVLPFLSQMWRETVRPTFGDRNVLHLLTTVCVGLAIRTNRRMSRGARNNWVWDTSYDWKKEIVVVTGGAAGFGADIVQQLDTRGIQVVVLDVGSLTYRPSSRVHYYKCDVSNPQDVASVAKAIVSNVGHPTILVNNAGVFRGATILSTTPRDLDMTYDINVKAHYHLTKAFLPNMISKNHGHIVTVSSATAYAQACSGVSYCSSKAAILSFHEGLSEEILWIYKAPKVRTSVICPGHVNTAMFTGIGAAAPSFMAPALHPSTVAETIVDVLLSCESQHVLMPAAMHMSVAGRALPTWFFRGLLASGKDTMGSVVRR*SEQ ID NO 141: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH1 Yeast optimizedATGCCAACTCCAATCTTCGGTGCTAGAGAAGGTTTCACTATCGACTCTGTTTTGTCTATCTTGGACGCTACTGTTTTGAACCCATGGTTCACTGGTGTTTGTTTGATCGCTGTTTGTGCTAGAGACAGAACTATCACTTACCCAGACTGGCCAGCTGCTTTGGACCAAGTTTTGCCATTCTTGTCTCAAATGTGGAGAGAAACTGTTAGACCAACTTTCGGTGACAGAAACGTTTTGCACTTGTTGACTACTGTTTGTGTTGGTTTGGCTATCAGAACTAACAGAAGAATGTCTAGAGGTGCTAGAAACAACTGGGTTTGGGACACTTCTTACGACTGGAAGAAGGAAATCGTTGTTGTTACTGGTGGTGCTGCTGGTTTCGGTGCTGACATCGTTCAACAATTGGACACTAGAGGTATCCAAGTTGTTGTTTTGGACGTTGGTTCTTTGACTTACAGACCATCTTCTAGAGTTCACTACTACAAGTGTGACGTTTCTAACCCACAAGACGTTGCTTCTGTTGCTAAGGCTATCGTTTCTAACGTTGGTCACCCAACTATCTTGGTTAACAACGCTGGTGTTTTCAGAGGTGCTACTATCTTGTCTACTACTCCAAGAGACTTGGACATGACTTACGACATCAACGTTAAGGCTCACTACCACTTGACTAAGGCTTTCTTGCCAAACATGATCTCTAAGAACCACGGTCACATCGTTACTGTTTCTTCTGCTACTGCTTACGCTCAAGCTTGTTCTGGTGTTTCTTACTGTTCTTCTAAGGCTGCTATCTTGTCTTTCCACGAAGGTTTGTCTGAAGAAATCTTGTGGATCTACAAGGCTCCAAAGGTTAGAACTTCTGTTATCTGTCCAGGTCACGTTAACACTGCTATGTTCACTGGTATCGGTGCTGCTGCTCCATCTTTCATGGCTCCAGCTTTGCACCCATCTACTGTTGCTGAAACTATCGTTGACGTTTTGTTGTCTTGTGAATCTCAACACGTTTTGATGCCAGCTGCTATGCACATGTCTGTTGCTGGTAGAGCTTTGCCAACTTGGTTCTTCAGAGGTTTGTTGGCTTCTGGTAAGGACACTATGGGTTCTGTTGTTAGAAGATAASEQ ID NO 142: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH2 wtATGGAGCCACCCCAGACTATGAAGGCCGCCTTGGTCACCGCATACAACGAGCCCCTGATTGTGAAAGACGTTGCTACACCCGAGCCGGGCCCTGGACAGATTCTCGTTCGGGTCAAAGCTAGTTCGCTTTGCATGTCAGATATCGGAGGCTATGTCGGAGCGATGGGGGAATTTATCACGCTCCCCTATTGTCCAGGTCATGAACCCGCCGGAGAGATCGTCGCCCTTGGCGACAACGTGTCCGGCTTCTCCGTTGGGGATCGGGTTACTTATATGGCCGCTCTAGATCCTTGTATGGGCTGCCGAGACTGTCTCCGAGGTGCCATTCGATTCTGCTCCAAACGCTCGAATCTCGGCTTCAGCCACCAGTACGGCGGGTTCTCCGAGTACTCTCTCGCCAGCCCATACTCGATGGCCAAGGTGCCGGACGAACTGTCCCTCGAGGAAGCTGCGAGCATGTCCTGTGCCGGGGTGACCGCTTTCGGTGCTCTCAAGCTATTGAGCAAGTATCAGGCTCCGGGAGGCATCATCAATGTCTTGGGCTGCGGCGGCGTTGGTCATCTGGTCATCAAGTTTGCCGTCGCGCTCGGCTACACCGTGCACGCTTTCGACATTAACGATGGCAAACTCAAACTGGCCGAGGAGTGCGGGGCATCTAAAGCCTTCCTTTCAAAGGGAGATCCCACCCAGGCGATGATGGCAGAGAGTACGATAGTCATCTCGGGTGTCAACGCGGCCTATGATTTCGCTATTAAAGCTACTCTGGCCGGTGGACGTATCATTGCGATTGGGCACCCACATTCGGCGACTCCGATGCCTCTCGGCTCGATGATCATCAACGACATCTCGTTGATCGTGAGCAATCAAGGTACAAGGGTGGATCTACAAGAAGCCTTGGATTTCGCCGCTCGATCCGGTGTCAGACCGAACATTACAATCAACGAAGGTCTGGACGGCATCAATCAGGGCTATAAATCGGTCATGACAGGCGCTGTAGAAGGCAGATTGGTCTACAAATTCTAGSEQ ID NO 143: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH2 wtMEPPQTMKAALVTAYNEPLIVKDVATPEPGPGQILVRVKASSLCMSDIGGYVGAMGEFITLPYCPGHEPAGEIVALGDNVSGFSVGDRVTYMAALDPCMGCRDCLRGAIRFCSKRSNLGFSHQYGGFSEYSLASPYSMAKVPDELSLEEAASMSCAGVTAFGALKLLSKYQAPGGIINVLGCGGVGHLVIKFAVALGYTVHAFDINDGKLKLAEECGASKAFLSKGDPTQAMMAESTIVISGVNAAYDFAIKATLAGGRIIAIGHPHSATPMPLGSMIINDISLIVSNQGTRVDLQEALDFAARSGVRPNITINEGLDGINQGYKSVMTGAVEGRLVYKFSEQ ID NO 144: Filobasidium magnum SCH24-ADH2 Yeast optimizedATGGAACCACCACAAACTATGAAGGCTGCTTTGGTTACTGCTTACAACGAACCATTGATCGTTAAGGACGTTGCTACTCCAGAACCAGGTCCAGGTCAAATCTTGGTTAGAGTTAAGGCTTCTTCTTTGTGTATGTCTGACATCGGTGGTTACGTTGGTGCTATGGGTGAATTCATCACTTTGCCATACTGTCCAGGTCACGAACCAGCTGGTGAAATCGTTGCTTTGGGTGACAACGTTTCTGGTTTCTCTGTTGGTGACAGAGTTACTTACATGGCTGCTTTGGACCCATGTATGGGTTGTAGAGACTGTTTGAGAGGTGCTATCAGATTCTGTTCTAAGAGATCTAACTTGGGTTTCTCTCACCAATACGGTGGTTTCTCTGAATACTCTTTGGCTTCTCCATACTCTATGGCTAAGGTTCCAGACGAATTGTCTTTGGAAGAAGCTGCTTCTATGTCTTGTGCTGGTGTTACTGCTTTCGGTGCTTTGAAGTTGTTGTCTAAGTACCAAGCTCCAGGTGGTATCATCAACGTTTTGGGTTGTGGTGGTGTTGGTCACTTGGTTATCAAGTTCGCTGTTGCTTTGGGTTACACTGTTCACGCTTTCGACATCAACGACGGTAAGTTGAAGTTGGCTGAAGAATGTGGTGCTTCTAAGGCTTTCTTGTCTAAGGGTGACCCAACTCAAGCTATGATGGCTGAATCTACTATCGTTATCTCTGGTGTTAACGCTGCTTACGACTTCGCTATCAAGGCTACTTTGGCTGGTGGTAGAATCATCGCTATCGGTCACCCACACTCTGCTACTCCAATGCCATTGGGTTCTATGATCATCAACGACATCTCTTTGATCGTTTCTAACCAAGGTACTAGAGTTGACTTGCAAGAAGCTTTGGACTTCGCTGCTAGATCTGGTGTTAGACCAAACATCACTATCAACGAAGGTTTGGACGGTATCAACCAAGGTTACAAGTCTGTTATGACTGGTGCTGTTGAAGGTAGATTGGTTTACAAGTTCTAASEQ ID NO 145: Rhodococcus sp. RrhSecADH wt (NZ AZHI01000124.1 6627-7664 (+))ATGAAAGCCGTCCAGTACACCGAGATCGGCTCCGAGCCGGTCGTTGTCGACATCCCCACCCCGACGCCCGGGCCGGGTGAGATCCTGCTGAAGGTCACCGCGGCCGGGCTGTGCCACTCGGACATCTTCGTGATGGACATGCCGGCGGCGCAGTACGCCTACGGCCTGCCGCTCACCCTCGGCCACGAGGGTGTCGGCACCGTCGCCGAACTCGGCGAGGGCGTCACGGGATTCGGGGTGGGGGACGCCGTCGCCGTGTACGGGCCGTGGGGCTGCGGTGCGTGCCACGCCTGCGCGCGCGGCCGGGAGAACTACTGCACCCGCGCCGCCGACCTGGGCATCACGCCACCCGGTCTCGGCTCGCCCGGATCGATGGCCGAGTACATGATCGTCGATTCGGCGCGCCACCTCGTCCCGATCGGAGACCTCGACCCGGTCGCCGCGGCGCCGCTCACCGACGCCGGTCTGACGCCGTACCACGCGATCTCCCGGGTCCTGCCGCTGCTGGGGCCGGGCTCGACGGCCGTCGTCATCGGTGTCGGCGGGCTCGGCCACGTCGGCATCCAGATCCTGCGCGCCGTCAGCGCGGCCCGTGTGATCGCCGTCGACCTCGACGACGACCGTCTCGCCCTCGCCCGCGAGGTCGGCGCCGACGCGGCGGTGAAGTCGGGCGCCGGTGCGGCGGACGCGATCCGGGAACTGACCGGCGGCCAGGGCGCGACGGCGGTGTTCGACTTCGTCGGCGCCCAGTCGACGATCGACACGGCGCAGCAGGTGGTCGCGGTCGACGGGCACATCTCGGTCGTGGGCATCCACGCCGGCGCACACGCCAAGGTCGGGTTCTTCATGATCCCGTTCGGCGCCTCCGTCGTGACCCCGTACTGGGGCACCCGGTCGGAACTGATGGAGGTCGTCGCGCTGGCCCGCGCCGGCCGGCTGGACATCCACACCGAGACGTTCACCCTCGACGAGGGGCCGGCGGCGTACCGGCGGCTGCGCGAGGGCAGCATCCGCGGCCGCGGCGTGGTGGTTCCCTGASEQ ID NO 146: Rhodococcus sp. RrhSecADH wt (WP_043801412.1)MKAVQYTEIGSEPVVVDIPTPTPGPGEILLKVTAAGLCHSDIFVMDMPAAQYAYGLPLTLGHEGVGTVAELGEGVTGFGVGDAVAVYGPWGCGACHACARGRENYCTRAADLGITPPGLGSPGSMAEYMIVDSARHLVPIGDLDPVAAAPLTDAGLTPYHAISRVLPLLGPGSTAVVIGVGGLGHVGIQILRAVSAARVIAVDLDDDRLALAREVGADAAVKSGAGAADAIRELTGGQGATAVFDFVGAQSTIDTAQQVVAVDGHISVVGIHAGAHAKVGFFMIPFGASVVTPYWGTRSELMEVVALARAGRLDIHTETFTLDEGPAAYRRLREGSIRGRGVVVP* SEQ ID NO 147: Rhodococcus sp. RrhSecADH E. coli optimizedATGAAAGCAGTGCAATATACGGAAATTGGCTCGGAACCTGTTGTGGTGGACATCCCGACCCCGACCCCGGGTCCTGGTGAAATCCTGCTGAAAGTTACCGCTGCCGGCCTGTGCCACAGCGACATCTTCGTGATGGACATGCCGGCTGCCCAGTACGCTTACGGTCTGCCACTGACGCTGGGTCACGAAGGCGTGGGTACGGTCGCCGAACTGGGCGAGGGTGTCACCGGTTTCGGTGTCGGTGATGCCGTGGCAGTGTACGGTCCGTGGGGTTGCGGTGCGTGCCACGCGTGTGCGCGCGGCCGCGAGAATTACTGTACGCGTGCAGCGGACCTGGGTATTACCCCGCCGGGCCTGGGCAGCCCGGGTAGCATGGCAGAGTACATGATCGTTGATAGCGCACGTCATCTGGTGCCGATTGGCGATTTGGACCCGGTCGCGGCAGCCCCGCTGACTGACGCGGGCTTGACCCCGTATCATGCAATCTCCCGTGTACTGCCACTGCTCGGTCCGGGCAGCACCGCTGTGGTTATCGGCGTCGGTGGCCTGGGTCATGTTGGCATCCAGATTCTGCGTGCAGTCAGCGCGGCACGCGTGATCGCGGTTGATCTGGACGACGATCGCCTGGCCCTGGCGCGTGAGGTCGGTGCGGATGCTGCGGTTAAGTCTGGTGCCGGTGCAGCGGATGCGATTCGTGAGCTGACGGGTGGCCAGGGTGCGACCGCCGTGTTTGATTTCGTTGGCGCGCAGAGCACCATTGATACGGCGCAACAAGTCGTTGCGGTCGATGGTCACATTTCCGTTGTGGGTATCCACGCGGGTGCACATGCCAAGGTCGGCTTTTTCATGATCCCGTTTGGTGCTAGCGTTGTTACCCCGTATTGGGGCACGCGCAGCGAGCTGATGGAAGTCGTGGCTTTGGCGCGTGCGGGTCGTCTGGACATTCACACCGAGACTTTCACCTTGGACGAAGGCCCGGCAGCGTATCGTCGTCTGCGCGAGGGTAGCATTCGTGGCCGTGGTGTTGTTGTCCCGTAASEQ ID NO 148: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-00043 wtATGAAGACCAAAGCTGCTGTACTGCTCGAGCCCGGAAAGCCTTTCGAGATCATGGAACTCGACCTCGACGGCCCGGGTGTGGGTGAGGTACTGATCAAGTACACCGCTGCCGGACTGTGCCATTCGGATCTGCACCTGACCGACGGTGATCTCCCGCCGCGTTACCCGATCGTCGGCGGACACGAAGGCTCGGGCATCATCGAAGAGGTCGGCCCAGGCGTCACGAAGGTCAAGCCGGGCGACCATGTCGTGTGTAGCTTCATCCCCAACTGCGGCACCTGTCGCTACTGCTCGACCGGTCGCCAGAACCTCTGCGACATGGGTGCCACCATCCTCGAAGGCTCGATGCCCGACGGTTCCTTCCGTTTCCACGGCAACGGAATGGATTTCGGCGGAATGTGCATGTTGGGAACGTTCTCCGAGCGCGCCACCATTTCTCAGCACTCGGTAGTCAAGATCGACGACTGGCTTCCCTTGGAGACAGCGGTGGTCGTCGGCTGCGGCGTGCCTTCGGGTTGGGGAACGGCAGTAAATGCCGGTAACCTTCGCGCCGGTGACACCGCTGTGATCTACGGCATCGGTGGTCTCGGCATCAACGCCGTCCAGGGCGCCGTTTCGGCCGGCTGCAAGTACGTCGTTGTGGTCGATCCGGTTGCTCTCAAGCGTGAGACCGCACTGAAGTTCGGTGCAACCCATGCCTTTGCAGACGCCGAGAGCGCTGCTGCCAAGGTCAACGAGCTGACGTGGGGACAGGGTGCCGACGCTGCGCTCATCCTTGTCGGCACCGTCGACGAGGACGTGGTCAGTGCAGCGACGGCAGTGATCGGCAAGGGTGGCACCGTGGTGATCACGGGACTCGCCGACCCCGCCAAGCTGACCGTTCACGTGTCGGGTACCGACCTGACGCTGAATCAGAAGACGATCAAGGGCACGTTGTTCGGGTCCATGAATCCGCAGTACGACATCGTGCGACTGCTGCGTCTCTACGATGCCGGTCAGCTCAAGCTCGACGAACTGATCACCAACACCTACAGCCTCGAAGACGTCAACAAGGGCTACCAGGATCTACGTGACGGCAAGAACATCCGTGGCGTGATCATTCACGACAAGTA ASEQ ID NO 149: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-00043 wtMKTKAAVLLEPGKPFEIMELDLDGPGVGEVLIKYTAAGLCHSDLHLTDGDLPPRYPIVGGHEGSGIIEEVGPGVTKVKPGDHVVCSFIPNCGTCRYCSTGRQNLCDMGATILEGSMPDGSFRFHGNGMDFGGMCMLGTFSERATISQHSVVKIDDWLPLETAVVVGCGVPSGWGTAVNAGNLRAGDTAVIYGIGGLGINAVQGAVSAGCKYVVVVDPVALKRETALKFGATHAFADAESAAAKVNELTWGQGADAALILVGTVDEDVVSAATAVIGKGGTVVITGLADPAKLTVHVSGTDLTLNQKTIKGTLFGSMNPQYDIVRLLRLYDAGQLKLDELITNTYSLEDVNKGYQDLRDGKNIRGVIIHDK*SEQ ID NO 150: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-00043 E. coli optimizedATGAAAACGAAAGCCGCAGTGTTGTTGGAGCCGGGCAAACCATTTGAGATCATGGAACTGGATCTGGACGGTCCGGGTGTCGGTGAAGTGCTGATCAAGTACACCGCAGCGGGCTTGTGCCACTCTGATCTGCACCTGACCGACGGCGACTTGCCGCCACGTTACCCGATTGTGGGTGGCCATGAGGGTAGCGGTATCATTGAAGAGGTTGGTCCGGGCGTTACCAAGGTCAAACCGGGTGATCACGTCGTGTGCTCTTTCATCCCGAATTGTGGTACGTGCCGCTATTGTAGCACGGGTCGTCAGAACCTGTGCGACATGGGTGCCACCATTTTAGAGGGCTCCATGCCTGATGGCTCCTTCCGTTTTCACGGCAACGGTATGGACTTTGGTGGCATGTGCATGCTGGGTACGTTCAGCGAACGCGCGACCATCAGCCAACATAGCGTCGTTAAGATCGATGACTGGCTCCCGCTGGAAACCGCAGTTGTTGTTGGTTGTGGTGTTCCGAGCGGTTGGGGTACTGCGGTCAATGCCGGTAATCTGCGTGCTGGTGACACCGCGGTCATTTATGGTATTGGCGGCCTGGGTATCAACGCTGTGCAGGGCGCAGTTAGCGCGGGCTGCAAATACGTCGTTGTGGTTGACCCGGTTGCGCTGAAACGTGAGACTGCGCTGAAATTTGGCGCAACCCACGCGTTCGCAGACGCGGAGAGCGCAGCTGCGAAAGTGAACGAACTGACCTGGGGTCAGGGTGCGGATGCGGCACTGATCTTGGTCGGCACCGTGGACGAAGATGTCGTGAGCGCGGCGACTGCTGTTATCGGTAAGGGTGGCACCGTTGTGATCACCGGTCTGGCCGATCCGGCAAAGCTGACCGTTCATGTCAGCGGTACGGACCTGACCCTGAATCAGAAAACCATTAAGGGCACGCTGTTCGGTTCGATGAACCCGCAGTACGACATTGTGCGCCTGCTGCGTCTGTACGATGCGGGTCAACTGAAACTGGACGAACTTATTACGAATACGTATAGCCTGGAAGATGTGAACAAAGGCTACCAAGATCTGCGTGATGGTAAGAATATTCGTGGTGTCATTATCCACGACAAGTGASEQ ID NO 151: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-04254 wtATGAAGGCAGCCCAGCTCATGGGGCCCGGGCTCCTGGAAATCAACGACGTGCCGGTCCCGGAGATCGGCCCGTCGGAACTACTGATTCGGGTGGGCGCAGCGGGAATCTGCCACTCCGATCTCCATCTCCTGCACTTTCCGTACAAGATGCGCGAAGAACCGCTGACAATCGGCCACGAAATTGCCGGAACGATCGAAGCCGTCGGGAGTGGCGTCGACGGCCGTTCCGTCGGAGAGCGTGGCGTCGTCTACCTCTGTTGGTCATGTGGACAGTGCCGAGAATGCATGAGCGGCAACGAGAATATGTGCCTCGCCGCTGGACGCACCGCGATGCCGCCCTGCCCCGGACTCGGCCCTGAGGGCGGGATGGCCGAGTACGTCAAGATCCCGGCTCGCTCATTCGTACCCATCGGAGACCTCGACTTCCTGCAGGCCGCACCTCTCGCCGATGCGGCACTGACGAGCTACCACGCCATTCGCGGTGCCCGCGAACATCTCCAGCCCGGTGCCACCGCCGTCGTGATCGGCGTCGGCGGACTCGGTCACGTTGCAGTACAGATACTTCGCGCGATCAGTGCCGTGCGCATCATCGCCGTCGATGTCGGACAGGATCAACTCGATCTCGCCAAACGTTGCGGCGCCGACATCACGCTCGAATCGGGACCGGACACCGCGCAGCACATCCTCGACCTCACATCGGCCAGAGGCGCAGAAGTCATCTTCGACTTCGTCGGTATCGACGCAACTGCACAGATGTCTGTTCAAGCGGTTGCGCCGAACGGCGCGTATCGCATGGTAGGTCTCGGAGGCGGAAACCCCGGAATCACTGCCGAAGCTGCCGGCGGACCAGGCTGGCCATGGGGCGCATCGATCCGGAAGTCCTACGGCGGCACCAGAAACGACCTCGTCGATTCCATCGCCCTGGCACAGGCCGGTCTGGTAACGGTAGAAGTAGCCCGCTTCGACCTCGCTGATGCCCGCGACGCACTCGACCGTCTCGAACACGGCAAGGTCACCGGACGCGCAGTGCTCGTACCCTGASEQ ID NO 152: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-04254 wtMKAAQLMGPGLLEINDVPVPEIGPSELLIRVGAAGICHSDLHLLHFPYKMREEPLTIGHEIAGTIEAVGSGVDGRSVGERGVVYLCWSCGQCRECMSGNENMCLAAGRTAMPPCPGLGPEGGMAEYVKIPARSFVPIGDLDFLQAAPLADAALTSYHAIRGAREHLQPGATAVVIGVGGLGHVAVQILRAISAVRIIAVDVGQDQLDLAKRCGADITLESGPDTAQHILDLTSARGAEVIFDFVGIDATAQMSVQAVAPNGAYRMVGLGGGNPGITAEAAGGPGWPWGASIRKSYGGTRNDLVDSIALAQAGLVTVEVARFDLADARDALDRLEHGKVTGRAVLVP*SEQ ID NO 153: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-04254 E. coli optimizedATGAAAGCTGCACAACTGATGGGTCCGGGTCTGTTGGAAATTAATGATGTTCCAGTCCCAGAAATTGGTCCGAGCGAGCTGCTGATCCGTGTTGGCGCTGCCGGCATTTGCCACAGCGATCTGCATCTGCTGCACTTCCCGTACAAGATGCGTGAGGAACCGTTAACCATTGGTCACGAAATCGCGGGCACGATCGAAGCCGTTGGTAGCGGTGTGGATGGCCGCAGCGTTGGTGAGCGTGGCGTGGTTTACCTGTGCTGGTCCTGTGGTCAGTGCCGCGAGTGCATGTCCGGCAATGAAAACATGTGTCTGGCGGCTGGTCGTACCGCAATGCCGCCATGTCCGGGTTTGGGTCCTGAGGGTGGCATGGCCGAATATGTCAAGATCCCGGCGCGTAGCTTCGTGCCGATTGGCGATCTGGACTTTCTGCAGGCAGCGCCTTTGGCGGACGCAGCACTGACCAGCTACCACGCGATCCGTGGTGCCCGCGAACACTTGCAGCCGGGTGCAACCGCAGTGGTCATTGGTGTCGGCGGCTTGGGTCATGTGGCAGTGCAAATCCTGCGCGCGATTTCTGCGGTCCGTATCATTGCGGTTGATGTGGGCCAGGACCAACTGGACCTGGCGAAGCGTTGTGGCGCGGACATCACCCTGGAGAGCGGTCCTGACACCGCGCAACATATCCTGGACCTGACCTCCGCTCGTGGTGCCGAAGTGATTTTTGACTTCGTCGGTATCGATGCGACGGCACAGATGAGCGTCCAAGCGGTAGCCCCGAATGGCGCATACCGTATGGTTGGTCTGGGTGGTGGCAACCCGGGCATTACTGCAGAGGCAGCGGGTGGTCCTGGTTGGCCGTGGGGTGCTTCGATCCGCAAAAGCTATGGCGGCACGCGTAACGACCTGGTTGATTCTATTGCGTTGGCCCAGGCTGGTCTTGTTACCGTTGAAGTGGCGCGCTTTGACCTGGCAGACGCCCGTGATGCGCTGGACCGTCTGGAGCATGGTAAAGTGACGGGTCGCGCTGTGCTGGTGCCGTAASEQ ID NO 154: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06135 wtATGAAGGCAATCCAGTACACGAGAATCGGCGCAGAACCCGAACTCACGGAGATTCCCAAACCCGAGCCCGGTCCAGGTGAAGTGCTCCTGGAAGTCACCGCTGCCGGCGTCTGCCACTCGGACGACTTCATCATGAGCCTGCCCGAAGAGCAGTACACCTACGGCCTTCCTCTCACGCTCGGCCACGAAGGCGCCGGCCGGGTCGCCGCCGTCGGCGAGGGCGTCGAAGGACTCGACATCGGAACCAATGTCGTCGTCTACGGACCCTGGGGCTGTGGCAGCTGTTGGCACTGCTCGCAAGGACTCGAAAACTACTGTTCTCGGGCAAAAGAACTCGGCATCAATCCTCCTGGTCTCGGTGCACCCGGCGCGTTGGCCGAATTCATGATCGTCGATTCACCTCGCCACCTCGTCCCGATCGGCGACCTCGATCCGGTCAAGACGGTGCCGCTGACCGACGCCGGTCTGACTCCGTATCACGCGATCAAGCGTTCACTGCCGAAACTTCGCGGTGGCGCGTACGCCGTCGTCATCGGTACCGGCGGTCTCGGCCATGTCGCCATCCAACTCCTCCGCCACCTCTCGGCAGCAACCGTCATCGCACTCGACGTGAGCGCGGACAAGCTCGAACTGGCAACCAAGGTAGGCGCTCACGAAGTGGTCCTGTCCGACAAGGACGCGGCCGAGAACGTCCGCAGGATCACCGGAAGTCAGGGCGCCGCACTGGTTCTCGACTTCGTCGGCTATCAGCCCACCATCGACACCGCGATGGCTGTCGCCGGCGTCGGATCGGACGTCACGATCGTCGGGATCGGCGACGGGCAGGCCCATGCCAAAGTCGGGTTCTTCCAAAGTCCTTACGAGGCTTCTGTGACAGTTCCGTACTGGGGTGCCCGCAACGAGCTGATCGAATTGATCGACCTGGCGCACGCCGGCATCTTCGACATCGCGGTGGAGACCTTCAGTCTCGACAACGGCGCCGAAGCGTATCGACGACTGGCCGCCGGAACGCTCAGCGGCCGCGCGGTTGTGGTCCCTGGTCTGTGASEQ ID NO 155: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06135 wtMKAIQYTRIGAEPELTEIPKPEPGPGEVLLEVTAAGVCHSDDFIMSLPEEQYTYGLPLTLGHEGAGRVAAVGEGVEGLDIGTNVVVYGPWGCGSCWHCSQGLENYCSRAKELGINPPGLGAPGALAEFMIVDSPRHLVPIGDLDPVKTVPLTDAGLTPYHAIKRSLPKLRGGAYAVVIGTGGLGHVAIQLLRHLSAATVIALDVSADKLELATKVGAHEVVLSDKDAAENVRRITGSQGAALVLDFVGYQPTIDTAMAVAGVGSDVTIVGIGDGQAHAKVGFFQSPYEASVTVPYWGARNELIELIDLAHAGIFDIAVETFSLDNGAEAYRRLAAGTLSGRAVVVPGL*SEQ ID NO 156: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06135 E. coli optimizedATGAAAGCAATCCAATATACCCGCATTGGTGCAGAGCCTGAGTTGACCGAGATCCCGAAACCGGAACCGGGTCCTGGCGAAGTTCTGCTCGAAGTTACCGCTGCGGGTGTGTGCCACAGCGATGACTTTATCATGTCGCTGCCAGAGGAACAATACACGTACGGCTTACCGCTGACGCTGGGTCATGAGGGCGCTGGTCGTGTTGCAGCGGTGGGTGAGGGTGTCGAGGGCCTGGACATTGGCACCAACGTTGTCGTGTACGGTCCGTGGGGTTGCGGCTCTTGTTGGCATTGCTCCCAGGGCCTGGAGAATTACTGTTCCCGCGCGAAAGAACTGGGTATCAATCCGCCTGGTCTGGGTGCTCCAGGTGCGCTGGCTGAGTTCATGATTGTCGATAGCCCGCGTCACTTGGTTCCGATCGGTGACCTGGACCCGGTGAAAACCGTCCCGCTGACCGATGCGGGCTTGACGCCGTATCACGCGATTAAGCGCAGCCTGCCGAAACTGCGTGGTGGCGCGTATGCAGTCGTCATCGGTACTGGTGGCTTGGGCCATGTTGCGATTCAGCTGCTGCGTCATCTGTCTGCCGCGACGGTTATCGCGCTGGACGTGAGCGCCGATAAGCTCGAACTGGCCACTAAGGTTGGCGCGCACGAAGTCGTTCTGAGCGATAAAGACGCAGCCGAAAATGTGCGTCGTATTACCGGTAGCCAGGGTGCAGCATTGGTTCTGGACTTCGTTGGTTATCAGCCGACGATCGACACCGCGATGGCCGTTGCGGGCGTTGGTAGCGATGTCACCATTGTGGGTATTGGCGATGGTCAAGCCCACGCCAAGGTTGGTTTCTTTCAAAGCCCGTATGAAGCGAGCGTCACGGTGCCGTACTGGGGTGCGCGCAACGAACTGATCGAGCTGATCGATCTGGCTCACGCGGGTATTTTCGACATCGCAGTCGAAACCTTTAGCCTGGATAACGGCGCAGAGGCATACCGTCGTCTGGCGGCTGGCACTCTGAGCGGTCGCGCAGTGGTAGTGCCGGGTCTGTAASEQ ID NO 157: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06582 wtATGTTGGCAGTCCAGCTGACGGCGTGGGGTCAGCCTCCGCAGGTGCGTGAGATCCCCGTACCCGAGCCCGCTGAGGGGCAACTGTTGATCAAAGTCGGCGCCGCTGGTCTGTGCCGCTCGGATCTGCACGTCATGGATTCGCCCGCCGGACGTTTCGATTACCCGTTGCCGCTCACACTCGGCCATGAGGTTGCCGGTACCGTCGTCGGTGCGGGACCGCTGGCCGATCACGCGTGGATCGGTGAAAATGTTGTCATTCATGGTGTTTGGCCATGTGGCCGGTGCCGCAATTGCCGGCGCGAGCGCGAGAACTACTGCTTGGAGAAAGTCCCGCGTGGGGACGGCCGACTCAGCCCGATCGGAAACGGGTTGGGCCATCCGGGCGGGCTGGCAGAATACCTGCTGGTGCCCTCGGAAGCTGTTCTCGTTCGCGTCGGTTCGCTGAGCCCCCAGCAGGCCGCTCCGCTCGCCGACGCCGGCCTGACCGCATATCATGCGATCCGGACCAACAGCGACGTCATCGACTCGGACACTGTGGCTTTGGTGATAGGAATCGGCGGTCTCGGCCATCTGGCGGTGCAGATCCTGCGCTCTTTCGGCGTCACAGACATCATCGCCGTCGAGACAAGAACCCAGACACACGCTCTCGCGCTCGAATCGGGAGCACACGCGTGTTTTGCGACGCTCGCGGAAGCGACAGAGGCTGTGGCGAGCCTCGGCGGTGCCGACGTGGTCTTCGACTTTGTCGGGGCTCAGGCGACGGTCGAACCCGCTCCGGCGCTTCTCGCTCCCGGCGGCCGAGTTGTCGTCGTGGGAAGTGCGGGCGGGCAACTGACCGTCGGCAAAAGCCTTGGTTTGGTCAACGGCTGGCAAGTTCGGGCGCCGTTCTGGGGCACCATCGAGGACCTGCGTCAGGTGGTCGAACTCGCCAGTGCAGGAAAGCTGCATGCCGAGGTGACCACGTTCACGTTCGACAGCGCACTGGAGGCATACGATCGCCTGCGTTCAGGCGATCTGTCCGGCCGCGCCGTACTGGTTCCCACAGCCCCTTCATCGCTGTGA SEQ ID NO 158: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06582 wtMLAVQLTAWGQPPQVREIPVPEPAEGQLLIKVGAAGLCRSDLHVMDSPAGRFDYPLPLTLGHEVAGTVVGAGPLADHAWIGENVVIHGVWPCGRCRNCRRERENYCLEKVPRGDGRLSPIGNGLGHPGGLAEYLLVPSEAVLVRVGSLSPQQAAPLADAGLTAYHAIRTNSDVIDSDTVALVIGIGGLGHLAVQILRSFGVTDIIAVETRTQTHALALESGAHACFATLAEATEAVASLGGADVVFDFVGAQATVEPAPALLAPGGRVVVVGSAGGQLTVGKSLGLVNGWQVRAPFWGTIEDLRQVVELASAGKLHAEVTTFTFDSALEAYDRLRSGDLSGRAVLVPTAPSSL*SEQ ID NO 159: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-06582 E. coli optimizedATGTTAGCTGTTCAACTCACCGCATGGGGCCAACCACCACAAGTTCGCGAAATCCCGGTTCCGGAACCAGCCGAGGGCCAACTGCTGATTAAGGTTGGCGCAGCCGGTCTGTGCCGTAGCGACCTTCACGTTATGGACAGCCCTGCTGGTCGTTTTGATTACCCGTTGCCGCTGACGCTGGGTCACGAAGTGGCCGGCACGGTTGTCGGTGCCGGTCCGTTGGCAGACCACGCGTGGATTGGTGAGAACGTCGTGATTCACGGTGTGTGGCCGTGTGGCCGTTGTCGTAATTGCCGTCGCGAGCGTGAGAACTACTGTTTGGAAAAAGTGCCGCGTGGTGACGGTCGTCTGTCCCCGATCGGCAATGGTCTGGGTCATCCGGGTGGTCTGGCAGAGTATCTGCTGGTGCCGAGCGAAGCCGTCCTGGTGCGTGTCGGCTCTCTGAGCCCGCAACAGGCAGCACCGCTGGCAGATGCGGGTCTGACCGCGTATCACGCGATTCGCACGAATAGCGACGTTATCGACTCTGATACCGTGGCGCTGGTCATCGGTATTGGTGGCCTGGGTCACCTGGCCGTTCAGATTCTGCGTTCCTTCGGCGTGACGGACATCATTGCAGTCGAGACTCGTACCCAGACGCATGCGTTGGCCCTGGAGAGCGGTGCGCATGCGTGCTTTGCGACCCTGGCGGAAGCAACCGAAGCGGTTGCGAGCTTGGGCGGTGCAGATGTTGTCTTTGACTTCGTTGGTGCGCAGGCGACTGTTGAGCCGGCACCAGCTCTGCTGGCACCTGGTGGCCGTGTTGTCGTGGTGGGTTCTGCGGGTGGCCAACTGACCGTCGGCAAATCCCTGGGTCTGGTGAATGGCTGGCAAGTGCGTGCGCCGTTTTGGGGCACCATTGAAGATTTGCGTCAAGTCGTGGAACTGGCGTCTGCAGGCAAGTTGCACGCCGAAGTTACCACGTTCACGTTCGATAGCGCGCTGGAAGCGTACGACCGCCTGCGTAGCGGTGATCTGAGCGGTCGCGCTGTACTGGTTCCGACCGCCCCTAGCAGCCTGTAA SEQ ID NO 160: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-03945 wtATGATTCGCGCCGAACAGAATTCGAGATCCTCCATGCAGATGACAGCGGCGCTCTCACACGGCCCGCACTCCCCCTTCACGCTCGACACCGTCGAGATCGACGACCCCCGCGCAGACGAGATCCTGGTTCGCATCGTCGCGACCGGCCTGTGCCACACAGATCTGTTCACGAAGTCGGCGCTACCGGAAAGACTCGGCCCCTGCGTGTTCGGGCACGAAGGGGCGGGGGTGGTCGAGGCCGTCGGCTCGTCGATCGACAGCATTGCGCCCGGTGATCACGTGTTGCTGAGCTACCGCAGTTGCGGTGTGTGCAGGCAGTGTCTCAGCGGCCATCGGGCGTACTGCGAAAGCTCACACGGGCTCAACAGCTCTGGCGCACGCACCGACGGCTCGACGCCGATCCGGCGAGACGGAACCCCGCTACGGTCCGCCTTCTTCGGCCAGTCCAGCTTCGCGGAATACGTCATCGCCTCTGCCGACAACACCGTCGTCGTCGATCCTGCGGTGGACCTGACCGTCGCAGCTCCGCTCGGCTGCGGGTTTCAAACCGGCGCCGGCGCGGTACTGAATCTGCTTCGCCCCGAGCCCGACTCGACGTTTGTCGTTTTCGGGGCAGGCAGCGTCGGACTCGCAGCGCTGCTGGCGGCGAGGGCTGCCGGCGTTTCCACCCTGGTCGCCGTGGACCCCGTTGCGCAGCGGCGCGCACTCGCCGAGGAATTCGGCGCCGTCACTGTCGATCCCTCGAATGAAGATGTGATCGACGCGGTCCACGCCGCCACCGACGGAGGTTCGACGCATTCCCTCGACACCACCGGAATCGGCTCCGTGATCAATCAAGCCGTCACATCACTTCGAGCACGGGGAACACTGGCGGTAGTCGGACTCGGAGCATCCACGGTCGAGGTGAACATGGCCGACATCATGCTGAGCGGAAAGACAATTCGAGGATGCATCGAAGGAGAGTCGGAAGTCTCGACGTTCATCCCCGAACTCGTCGAACTCTTCACTGGTGGCCGGTTTCCGATCGACCGCTTGGTGACGCGCTACGCATTCGCCGACATCAACAAAGCCGTCGAAGATCAAGCGTCGGGGCGCGTCATCAAACCCGTTCTCGTGTGGTGA SEQ ID NO 161: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-03945 wtMIRAEQNSRSSMQMTAALSHGPHSPFTLDTVEIDDPRADEILVRIVATGLCHTDLFTKSALPERLGPCVFGHEGAGVVEAVGSSIDSIAPGDHVLLSYRSCGVCRQCLSGHRAYCESSHGLNSSGARTDGSTPIRRDGTPLRSAFFGQSSFAEYVIASADNTVVVDPAVDLTVAAPLGCGFQTGAGAVLNLLRPEPDSTFVVFGAGSVGLAALLAARAAGVSTLVAVDPVAQRRALAEEFGAVTVDPSNEDVIDAVHAATDGGSTHSLDTTGIGSVINQAVTSLRARGTLAVVGLGASTVEVNMADIMLSGKTIRGCIEGESEVSTFIPELVELFTGGRFPIDRLVTRYAFADINKAVEDQASGRVIKPVLVW*SEQ ID NO 162: Rhodococcus erythropolis SCH94-03945 E. coli optimizedATGATTAGAGCAGAACAGAACAGCCGCAGCTCCATGCAAATGACCGCGGCACTGTCACATGGTCCGCACAGCCCGTTTACGCTGGATACGGTTGAGATTGACGATCCACGCGCCGACGAAATTCTGGTACGCATCGTTGCGACTGGTCTGTGTCATACGGACTTGTTTACCAAGAGCGCGCTGCCGGAGCGCCTGGGTCCGTGCGTGTTCGGCCACGAGGGTGCGGGCGTGGTTGAGGCAGTTGGCTCTAGCATTGACAGCATCGCTCCGGGTGATCACGTCCTGTTGTCCTACCGTAGCTGCGGCGTCTGCCGTCAGTGCCTGAGCGGCCACCGTGCTTACTGTGAGAGCTCCCACGGCCTGAATAGCTCCGGTGCTCGTACCGACGGTAGCACCCCGATCCGTCGTGATGGTACGCCGCTTCGTAGCGCGTTCTTCGGTCAATCCAGCTTCGCGGAATATGTTATCGCAAGCGCAGACAACACCGTTGTGGTCGATCCGGCCGTGGACTTGACCGTTGCAGCACCGCTGGGTTGTGGCTTTCAGACCGGCGCCGGCGCGGTGCTGAATCTGCTGCGCCCTGAGCCGGACAGCACTTTCGTCGTCTTTGGTGCCGGCAGCGTCGGTTTGGCGGCACTGCTGGCGGCGCGTGCGGCGGGTGTTTCGACCCTGGTCGCAGTTGATCCGGTCGCGCAGCGCCGTGCGTTGGCCGAAGAATTTGGTGCCGTTACCGTCGATCCGAGCAACGAAGATGTTATTGACGCTGTGCACGCGGCGACCGACGGTGGCAGCACGCATTCTCTGGATACCACGGGCATCGGTTCTGTGATTAACCAAGCCGTGACCTCTCTGCGTGCGCGTGGTACTCTGGCTGTGGTTGGCCTGGGTGCTAGCACGGTCGAGGTGAATATGGCAGACATTATGCTGAGCGGTAAAACGATCCGTGGTTGCATCGAGGGCGAGAGCGAAGTTTCGACGTTTATCCCGGAACTGGTCGAGCTGTTCACCGGTGGCCGTTTCCCGATTGACCGCCTGGTTACCCGTTATGCATTCGCCGATATCAACAAAGCTGTGGAAGATCAAGCGTCCGGTCGCGTCATCAAGCCAGTGCTGGTGTG GTAASEQ ID NO 163: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05240 wtATGATTCGCGCCGAACAGAATTCGACGTCCGCCATGCAGATGACAGCGGCGCTCTCACACGGCCCGCACTCCCCCTTCACACTCGACACCGTCGAGATCGACGAACCCCGCGCAGACGAGATCCTGGTTCGCATCGTCGCGACCGGCCTGTGCCACACAGATCTGTTCACGAAGTCGGTGCTACCGGAACGACTCGGCCCCTGCGTGTTCGGGCACGAAGGGGCGGGGGTGGTCGAGGCCGTCGGCTCGGCGATCGACAAGGTCGTGCCCGGCGATCACGTGTTGTTGAGCTACCGCAGTTGCGGTGTGTGCAGGCAGTGTCTCAGCGGCCATCGGGCGTACTGCGAAAGCTCACACGGGCTCAACAGCTCTGGCGCACGCACCGACGGCTCGACGCCGGTCCGGCGAAGCGGAACTCCGATACGGTCCGCCTTCTTCGGCCAGTCCAGCTTCGCGGAATACGTCATCGCCACTGCCGACAACACCGTCGTCGTCGATCCTGCAGTGGACCTGACCGTCGCGGCTCCCCTCGGCTGCGGATTTCAAACCGGCGCGGGTGCCGTGCTGAATCTACTTCGCCCCGAGCCCGACTCGACGTTTGTCGTCTTCGGAGCCGGCAGCGTCGGACTCGCAGCGCTACTGGCAGCGAGGGCTGCCGGCGTTTCCACCCTGGTCGCCGTGGACCCCGTTGCGCAGCGGCGCGCACTCGCCGAGGAATTCGGCGCCGTCACTGTCGATCCGACCACCGAGGACGCGGTCGAAGCAGTACGCGCCGCCACCGACGGAGGTTCGACACATTCCCTCGACACCACCGGAATCGGCTCCGTGATCAATCAAGCCGTCACATCACTTCGAGCACGGGGAACACTGGCGGTAGTCGGACTCGGAGCGTCCACGGTCGAGATGAACATGGCCGACATCATGCTGAGCGGAAAGACAATTCGAGGATGCATCGAAGGAGAGTCGGAAGTCTCGACGTTCATCCCCGAACTCGTCGAACTCTTCACTGGTGGCCGGTTTCCGATCGACCGCTTGGTGACGCGCTACGCCTTCTCCGACATCAACAAAGCCGTCGAAGATCAAGCGTCGGGGCGCGTCATCAAACCCGTTCTCGTGTGGTGA SEQ ID NO 164: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05240 wtMIRAEQNSTSAMQMTAALSHGPHSPFTLDTVEIDEPRADEILVRIVATGLCHTDLFTKSVLPERLGPCVFGHEGAGVVEAVGSAIDKVVPGDHVLLSYRSCGVCRQCLSGHRAYCESSHGLNSSGARTDGSTPVRRSGTPIRSAFFGQSSFAEYVIATADNTVVVDPAVDLTVAAPLGCGFQTGAGAVLNLLRPEPDSTFVVFGAGSVGLAALLAARAAGVSTLVAVDPVAQRRALAEEFGAVTVDPTTEDAVEAVRAATDGGSTHSLDTTGIGSVINQAVTSLRARGTLAVVGLGASTVEMNMADIMLSGKTIRGCIEGESEVSTFIPELVELFTGGRFPIDRLVTRYAFSDINKAVEDQASGRVIKPVLVW*SEQ ID NO 165: Rhodococcus rhodochrous SCH80-05240 E. coli optimizedATGATTAGAGCAGAACAGAACAGCACCAGCGCGATGCAAATGACCGCGGCACTGTCACATGGTCCGCACAGCCCGTTTACGCTGGATACGGTTGAGATTGACGAGCCACGCGCCGACGAAATTCTGGTACGCATCGTTGCGACTGGTCTGTGTCATACGGACTTGTTTACCAAGAGCGTCCTGCCGGAGCGCCTGGGTCCGTGCGTGTTCGGCCACGAGGGTGCGGGCGTGGTTGAGGCAGTTGGCTCTGCCATTGACAAAGTTGTTCCGGGTGATCACGTCCTGTTGTCCTACCGTAGCTGCGGCGTCTGCCGTCAGTGCCTGAGCGGCCACCGTGCTTACTGTGAGAGCTCCCACGGCCTGAATAGCTCCGGTGCTCGTACCGACGGTAGCACCCCGGTGCGTCGTAGCGGTACGCCGATTCGTAGCGCGTTCTTCGGTCAATCCAGCTTCGCGGAATATGTTATCGCAACCGCAGACAACACCGTTGTGGTCGATCCGGCCGTGGACTTGACCGTTGCAGCACCGCTGGGTTGTGGCTTTCAGACCGGCGCCGGCGCGGTGCTGAATCTGCTGCGCCCTGAGCCGGACAGCACTTTCGTCGTCTTTGGTGCCGGCAGCGTCGGTTTGGCGGCACTGCTGGCGGCGCGTGCGGCGGGTGTTTCGACCCTGGTCGCAGTTGATCCGGTCGCGCAGCGCCGTGCGTTGGCCGAAGAATTTGGTGCCGTTACCGTCGATCCGACGACCGAAGATGCCGTTGAAGCTGTGCGCGCGGCGACCGACGGTGGCAGCACGCATTCTCTGGATACCACGGGCATCGGTTCTGTGATTAACCAAGCCGTGACCTCTCTGCGTGCGCGTGGTACTCTGGCTGTGGTTGGCCTGGGTGCTAGCACGGTCGAGATGAATATGGCAGACATTATGCTGAGCGGTAAAACGATCCGTGGTTGCATCGAGGGCGAGAGCGAAGTTTCGACGTTTATCCCGGAACTGGTCGAGCTGTTCACCGGTGGCCGTTTCCCGATTGACCGCCTGGTTACCCGTTATGCATTCAGCGATATCAACAAAGCTGTGGAAGATCAAGCGTCCGGTCGCGTCATCAAGCCAGTGCTGGTGT GGTAASEQ ID NO 166: Azoarcus toluclasticus AzTolADHI wt(NZ KB899498.1: 215502-216629 (+))ATGGGAAGCATCCAGGATTCGCTGTTCATTCGGGCACGCGCTGCCGTGCTGCGTACGGTGGGCGGGCCGCTCGAGATCGAGAACGTGCGCATCAGCCCCCCCAAGGGCGATGAAGTGCTGGTGCGCATGGTCGGAGTCGGCGTATGCCATACCGACGTGGTGTGCCGCGACGGTTTTCCCGTGCCGCTGCCGATTGTGCTCGGGCACGAAGGCTCCGGCATCGTCGAGGCCGTCGGCGAGCGCGTGACGAAAGTGAAGCCGGGCCAGCGTGTCGTGCTGTCGTTCAACTCCTGCGGGCACTGCGCGAGCTGCTGCGAGGATCACCCGGCGACCTGCCACCAGATGCTGCCGCTCAACTTCGGCGCGGCGCAGCGCGTCGATGGGGGCACGGTGATCGATGCGTCCGGCGAAGCGGTGCAGAGCCTCTTCTTCGGTCAGTCCTCGTTTGGCACCTACGCGCTCGCGCGCGAAGTGAATACGGTCCCGGTTCCGGACGCCGTGCCGCTCGAAATCCTCGGCCCGCTCGGTTGCGGGATCCAGACCGGGGCGGGTGCGGCGATCAATTCGCTCGCGCTGAAACCGGGCCAATCGCTCGCGATCTTCGGCGGGGGCAGCGTCGGCCTGAGCGCGCTGCTCGGCGCGCTCGCGGTCGGTGCCGGCCCGGTGGTCGTGATTGAGCCCAACGAACGGCGTCGCGCGCTGGCGCTCGATCTGGGTGCAAGCCACGCCTTCGATCCCTTCAACACCGAGGATCTCGTCGCGAGCATCAAGGCTGCGACCGGCGGAGGCGTCACGCACTCGCTCGATTCGACGGGCCTCCCCCCCGTCATCGCCAACGCGATCAACTGCACCCTCCCGGGCGGCACCGTCGGCCTGCTGGGGGTGCCGTCACCCGAAGCCGCGGTGCCTGTGACCCTGCTGGACCTGCTCGTGAAAAGCGTCACCCTGCGCCCGATCACCGAAGGCGACGCGAACCCGCAGGAATTCATCCCGCGCATGGTCCAACTCTACCGCGACGGCAAGTTCCCCTTCGACAAGCTGATCACCACCTATCGCTTCGACGACATTAATCAAGCCTTCAAGGCGACCGAGACCGGAGAGGCGATCAAGCCGGTGCTGGTGTTCTGASEQ ID NO 167: Azoarcus toluclasticus AzTolADH1 wt (WP_018990713.1)MGSIQDSLFIRARAAVLRTVGGPLEIENVRISPPKGDEVLVRMVGVGVCHTDVVCRDGFPVPLPIVLGHEGSGIVEAVGERVTKVKPGQRVVLSFNSCGHCASCCEDHPATCHQMLPLNFGAAQRVDGGTVIDASGEAVQSLFFGQSSFGTYALAREVNTVPVPDAVPLEILGPLGCGIQTGAGAAINSLALKPGQSLAIFGGGSVGLSALLGALAVGAGPVVVIEPNERRRALALDLGASHAFDPFNTEDLVASIKAATGGGVTHSLDSTGLPPVIANAINCTLPGGTVGLLGVPSPEAAVPVTLLDLLVKSVTLRPITEGDANPQEFIPRMVQLYRDGKFPFDKLITTYRFDDINQAFKATETGEAIKPVLVF*SEQ ID NO 168: Azoarcus toluclasticus AzTolADH1 E. coli optimizedATGGGTTCTATTCAAGATTCTCTGTTCATCCGTGCACGCGCCGCTGTTCTGCGTACTGTCGGTGGCCCGCTGGAAATTGAAAACGTCCGCATTAGCCCTCCGAAGGGTGACGAAGTGCTCGTGCGTATGGTTGGTGTTGGTGTGTGCCATACCGACGTTGTGTGTCGCGATGGCTTCCCGGTTCCGCTGCCGATTGTGCTGGGTCACGAGGGCAGCGGTATTGTCGAGGCAGTGGGCGAGCGTGTGACCAAGGTTAAACCGGGTCAGCGTGTCGTTTTATCCTTCAATAGCTGTGGTCATTGCGCGTCCTGCTGCGAGGACCACCCGGCCACCTGTCACCAGATGCTGCCACTGAACTTTGGTGCGGCGCAGCGCGTGGATGGTGGCACCGTTATCGACGCGAGCGGCGAGGCAGTGCAGAGCCTGTTTTTTGGTCAAAGCTCTTTCGGTACGTATGCATTGGCGCGTGAAGTCAATACCGTACCGGTGCCGGATGCAGTTCCGTTGGAAATCCTGGGCCCGTTGGGTTGCGGCATCCAGACGGGTGCGGGTGCGGCTATCAACAGCCTGGCGCTGAAACCTGGTCAATCGCTGGCAATCTTCGGTGGCGGCAGCGTCGGTCTGTCCGCCCTGCTGGGCGCGCTGGCCGTGGGCGCGGGCCCGGTCGTTGTCATTGAGCCGAACGAACGTCGTCGTGCGTTGGCGCTGGACCTGGGTGCGAGCCATGCATTTGATCCGTTCAACACTGAAGATTTGGTTGCGAGCATCAAAGCCGCTACGGGTGGCGGCGTTACCCACAGCCTGGACAGCACGGGTCTGCCGCCGGTCATCGCGAATGCAATCAACTGTACCTTGCCGGGCGGCACGGTCGGTCTGCTGGGCGTCCCGAGCCCAGAGGCTGCCGTTCCGGTGACGCTGCTGGATCTGCTGGTTAAATCAGTTACCCTGCGTCCGATTACCGAGGGTGACGCCAATCCGCAAGAATTTATTCCGCGTATGGTCCAGCTGTACCGCGACGGTAAATTTCCGTTTGATAAGCTGATTACGACCTACCGCTTCGACGACATCAATCAAGCGTTCAAGGCAACCGAAACCGGTGAAGCGATTAAGCCAGTGCTGGTGTTTTAASEQ ID NO 169: Aspersillus wentii AspWeTPP wt (KV878213.1: 2482776-2483627)ATGGCATCTGTACCAGCTCCCCCATTTGTCCACGTCGAAGGAATGAGCAATTTCCGATCGATAGGAGGATATCCCCTTGAGACAGCATCGACAAACAATCACCGCTCCACGAGGCAAGGATTCGCATTTCGCAGTGCCGATCCAACCTACGTCACCCAGAAAGGCCTGGAAACCATCCTTTCGCTCGACATCACTCGAGCCTTTGACCTCCGCTCACTGGAAGAAGCAAAGGCACAGCGCGCAAAACTCCAGGCCGCCTCAGGATGTCTCGACTGCAGCATCAGCCAGCACATGATCCACCAGCCCACACCCCTATTTCCAGATGGGGACTGGAGTCCAGAGGCCGCAGGGGAGCGGTATCTGCAGTACGCCCAGGCTGAGGGAGATGGGATATCGGGCTACGTGGAGGTCTACGGAAACATGCTCGAGGAAGGTTGGATGGCGATTCGCGAGATTCTGCTTCATGTCCGGGACCGGCCTACAGAGGCGTTTCTATGCCATTGTAGTGCAGGGAAAGATCGTACGGGGATTGTCATTGCGGTTTTGTTGAAGGTTGCAGGGTGCTCGGATGATCTTGTGTGCAGAGAGTATGAGTTGACCGAGATCGGGTTGGCTCGACGGAGGGAGTTTATCGTGCAGCATCTGCTTAAGAAGCCGGAAATGAATGGATCGAGGGAACTGGCCGAAAGAGTGGCGGGGGCCAGGTATGAGAATATGAAGGAAACGCTGGAGATGGTGCAAACTAGATATAGAGGGATGAGGGGCTATTGCAAGGAGATTTGCGGCTTGACCGACGAAGATCTATCTATTATCCAGGGGAACTTGACTAGTCCGGAGAGTCCTATCTTC TAASEQ ID NO 170: Aspersillus wentii AspWeTPP wt (OJJ34585.1)MASVPAPPFVHVEGMSNFRSIGGYPLETASTNNHRSTRQGFAFRSADPTYVTQKGLETILSLDITRAFDLRSLEEAKAQRAKLQAASGCLDCSISQHMIHQPTPLFPDGDWSPEAAGERYLQYAQAEGDGISGYVEVYGNMLEEGWMAIREILLHVRDRPTEAFLCHCSAGKDRTGIVIAVLLKVAGCSDDLVCREYELTEIGLARRREFIVQHLLKKPEMNGSRELAERVAGARYENMKETLEMVQTRYRGMRGYCKEICGLTDEDLSIIQGNLTSPESPIF SEQ ID NO 171: Aspergillus wentii AspWeTPP E. coli optimizedATGGCGTCTGTCCCTGCTCCACCGTTTGTTCATGTTGAAGGTATGTCTAATTTTCGTAGCATCGGTGGCTACCCGCTGGAGACTGCCTCCACGAATAACCATCGCTCGACCCGTCAAGGCTTCGCGTTTCGTAGCGCGGACCCGACGTATGTGACGCAGAAAGGCCTGGAAACCATTCTGTCCCTGGATATTACCCGCGCATTTGACTTGCGTAGCTTGGAAGAAGCAAAGGCACAACGTGCGAAGTTGCAGGCCGCGAGCGGTTGTCTGGATTGCAGCATTAGCCAACACATGATCCACCAACCGACCCCGCTGTTCCCGGATGGTGACTGGTCCCCGGAAGCGGCGGGTGAGCGCTACTTGCAGTACGCACAAGCTGAGGGTGATGGTATCAGCGGTTATGTCGAAGTTTATGGTAATATGCTGGAAGAGGGCTGGATGGCGATCCGTGAGATTCTGCTGCACGTCCGTGACCGCCCGACCGAAGCATTCCTGTGCCACTGTTCCGCCGGTAAAGATCGTACGGGTATCGTGATTGCTGTTCTGCTCAAAGTCGCGGGTTGCAGCGACGACCTGGTGTGTCGTGAGTACGAACTGACCGAGATTGGCCTGGCGCGCCGTAGAGAGTTCATCGTTCAGCATCTGCTGAAGAAACCGGAAATGAACGGCAGCCGTGAGCTGGCGGAGCGCGTCGCAGGCGCCCGTTACGAGAACATGAAAGAAACCCTGGAAATGGTGCAGACCCGTTACCGCGGCATGCGCGGCTATTGCAAAGAAATCTGCGGTCTGACCGACGAAGATCTGAGCATTATCCAGGGTAACCTGACGAGCCCGGAGAGCCCGATTTTCTA ASEQ ID NO 172: Talaromyces verruculosus PvCPS (LC316181.1)ATGAGCCCAATGGATTTACAAGAATCAGCGGCAGCTTTGGTGCGGCAGTTGGGGGAGAGAGTCGAAGATCGCCGTGGTTTTGGATTCATGAGCCCTGCCATCTATGATACCGCATGGGTCTCTATGATTAGCAAGACAATCGATGACCAAAAAACATGGTTGTTTGCAGAATGTTTCCAGTACATTCTTTCTCATCAGCTCGAAGACGGTGGTTGGGCAATGTATGCATCTGAAATCGACGCCATCCTAAACACTTCGGCCTCATTACTATCATTAAAGAGACATCTTTCAAATCCCTATCAAATTACATCTATCACACAAGAGGATCTGTCCGCCCGCATTAACAGGGCTCAGAATGCTTTACAGAAGCTTCTCAATGAGTGGAATGTCGACAGCACGCTCCACGTGGGATTCGAGATCCTAGTTCCGGCCCTACTCAGGTATCTCGAAGATGAGGGCATCGCTTTTGCTTTTTCTGGTAGAGAGCGCCTGCTTGAGATTGAGAAACAGAAATTATCAAAGTTCAAAGCACAGTATCTATACCTTCCAATCAAAGTGACAGCTTTGCATTCTCTGGAAGCGTTCATAGGCGCCATTGAGTTTGATAAAGTCAGTCACCACAAAGTCAGCGGTGCGTTCATGGCATCTCCATCATCCACAGCAGCTTACATGATGCATGCGACACAATGGGATGATGAATGCGAGGATTACCTACGCCACGTCATTGCTCATGCATCTGGGAAAGGATCCGGAGGTGTTCCAAGCGCTTTTCCTTCCACCATCTTTGAAAGCGTTTGGCCTCTATCAACTCTGCTAAAGGTGGGATATGATCTCAACTCGGCACCTTTTATCGAAAAAATCAGATCATACTTGCATGATGCATATATTGCTGAAAAGGGAATTCTCGGCTTCACTCCTTTTGTTGGCGCTGATGCAGATGATACCGCTACCACCATATTGGTGCTCAATCTTTTGAACCAACCAGTCTCAGTCGACGCGATGTTGAAGGAATTTGAAGAAGAACATCACTTCAAAACCTACTCTCAGGAGCGCAATCCTAGTTTCTCGGCCAATTGTAACGTTCTTCTTGCCTTACTATACAGTCAAGAGCCATCGCTTTATAGCGCGCAGATCGAAAAAGCTATAAGGTTCCTCTATAAGCAATTCACAGATTCAGAAATGGACGTTCGAGACAAATGGAATCTATCACCATACTATTCTTGGATGCTCATGACACAAGCCATCACGCGGTTGACGACTCTTCAGAAGACTTCGAAACTTTCAACATTGAGAGATGATTCTATCAGCAAAGGCTTGATTAGTCTGCTGTTTAGGATAGCTTCTACCGTGGTTAAAGACCAAAAGCCAGGAGGTTCTTGGGGCACTCGAGCTTCGAAAGAAGAGACTGCCTACGCAGTGTTGATTCTCACATATGCTTTCTACCTCGATGAGGTTACGGAGTCGTTGCGGCATGATATCAAGATCGCCATTGAGAATGGTTGCTCATTCCTATCTGAAAGAACCATGCAGTCCGATTCGGAGTGGCTTTGGGTTGAGAAAGTCACATATAAATCAGAGGTTCTTTCGGAAGCATATATCTTGGCCGCTCTTAAACGGGCAGCTGACTTACCCGACGAAAATGCAGAAGCAGCCCCCGTCATAAATGGAATTTCTACAAATGGATTTGAGCATACCGATAGAATTAACGGCAAGCTTAAAGTCAATGGTACCAACGGTACAAATGGCAGTCATGAGACAAACGGTATCAACGGTACGCATGAAATTGAACAGATCAATGGCGTCAACGGCACGAATGGTCACTCTGATGTGCCTCACGATACAAATGGCTGGGTAGAAGAGCCGACCGCCATCAATGAGACAAATGGCCACTACGTGAATGGCACGAATCACGAGACTCCCCTTACCAACGGCATTTCCAATGGAGATTCTGTTTCCGTTCATACAGACCACTCGGACAGTTACTATCAGCGCAGTGATTGGACAGCCGACGAAGAACAAATTCTTCTCGGTCCATTTGACTACCTGGAGAGCCTGCCAGGCAAGAATATGCGCTCACAACTGATTCAATCATTCAACACATGGCTCAAAGTCCCAACTGAGAGCTTGGATGTTATTATTAAGGTGATTTCAATGTTGCATACGGCCTCTCTCTTGATCGATGATATTCAGGATCAATCAATACTCCGCCGCGGGCAACCTGTAGCGCACAGCATCTTTGGCACAGCGCAAGCAATGAACTCAGGGAATTATGTCTACTTTCTAGCCCTTAGGGAGGTTCAGAAACTACAAAACCCGAAAGCCATCAGTATTTATGTTGACTCTTTGATTGATCTTCACCGTGGCCAAGGCATGGAGCTTTTCTGGCGGGATTCTCTCATGTGCCCAACCGAAGAGCAGTACCTTGACATGGTCGCAAACAAAACTGGCGGCCTGTTTTGCCTTGCTATCCAATTGATGCAAGCTGAAGCCACTATCCAAGTCGACTTCATACCACTTGTCCGACTACTCGGCATCATCTTCCAGATTTGTGATGATTACTTGAATCTGAAGTCTACGGCCTATACAGACAACAAAGGGTTGTGTGAGGATTTGACAGAGGGCAAATTCTCTTTTCCTATCATCCATAGCATTCGATCCAACCCTGGCAACCGACAGCTAATCAACATCTTGAAGCAAAAGCCACGTGAAGACGACATCAAACGCTATGCTCTATCCTATATGGAAAGCACCAACTCATTTGAGTATACTCGGGGTGTCGTTAGAAAACTGAAGACCGAGGCAATCGATACTATTCAAGGCTTGGAGAAGCACGGCCTGGAAGAGAATATTGGCATTCGAAAGATACTAGCTCGCATGTCCCTTGAGCTATGASEQ ID NO 173: Talaromyces verruculosus PvCPS (BBF88128.1)MSPMDLQESAAALVRQLGERVEDRRGFGFMSPAIYDTAWVSMISKTIDDQKTWLFAECFQYILSHQLEDGGWAMYASEIDAILNTSASLLSLKRHLSNPYQITSITQEDLSARINRAQNALQKLLNEWNVDSTLHVGFEILVPALLRYLEDEGIAFAFSGRERLLEIEKQKLSKFKAQYLYLPIKVTALHSLEAFIGAIEFDKVSHHKVSGAFMASPSSTAAYMMHATQWDDECEDYLRHVIAHASGKGSGGVPSAFPSTIFESVWPLSTLLKVGYDLNSAPFIEKIRSYLHDAYIAEKGILGFTPFVGADADDTATTILVLNLLNQPVSVDAMLKEFEEEHHFKTYSQERNPSFSANCNVLLALLYSQEPSLYSAQIEKAIRFLYKQFTDSEMDVRDKWNLSPYYSWMLMTQAITRLTTLQKTSKLSTLRDDSISKGLISLLFRIASTVVKDQKPGGSWGTRASKEETAYAVLILTYAFYLDEVTESLRHDIKIAIENGCSFLSERTMQSDSEWLWVEKVTYKSEVLSEAYILAALKRAADLPDENAEAAPVINGISTNGFEHTDRINGKLKVNGTNGTNGSHETNGINGTHEIEQINGVNGTNGHSDVPHDTNGWVEEPTAINETNGHYVNGTNHETPLTNGISNGDSVSVHTDHSDSYYQRSDWTADEEQILLGPFDYLESLPGKNMRSQLIQSFNTWLKVPTESLDVIIKVISMLHTASLLIDDIQDQSILRRGQPVAHSIFGTAQAMNSGNYVYFLALREVQKLQNPKAISIYVDSLIDLHRGQGMELFWRDSLMCPTEEQYLDMVANKTGGLFCLAIQLMQAEATIQVDFIPLVRLLGIIFQICDDYLNLKSTAYTDNKGLCEDLTEGKFSFPIIHSIRSNPGNRQLINILKQKPREDDIKRYALSYMESTNSFEYTRGVVRKLKTEAIDTIQGLEKHGLEENIGIRKILARMSLELSEQ ID NO 174: Talaromyces verruculosus PvCPS E. coli optimizedATGAGCCCTATGGATTTGCAAGAAAGCGCCGCAGCCCTGGTCCGTCAATTGGGTGAACGCGTTGAGGATCGCCGCGGTTTTGGTTTCATGAGCCCGGCCATTTATGACACGGCCTGGGTTAGCATGATTAGCAAGACCATCGACGACCAAAAAACTTGGCTGTTTGCGGAGTGCTTCCAGTACATTCTGTCTCACCAACTGGAAGATGGTGGCTGGGCGATGTACGCATCCGAAATCGATGCCATCTTGAATACTTCCGCGTCACTGCTGTCCCTGAAACGCCACCTGTCCAACCCTTACCAGATCACCAGCATCACTCAGGAAGATCTGAGCGCTCGCATCAACCGCGCTCAAAACGCCCTGCAGAAATTGCTGAACGAGTGGAACGTTGACTCCACGCTGCACGTCGGTTTCGAGATTCTGGTTCCGGCGCTGCTGCGCTATCTGGAAGATGAAGGCATCGCGTTTGCGTTCTCGGGTCGTGAGCGTTTGTTAGAGATTGAGAAACAAAAACTGTCCAAGTTTAAAGCGCAGTATTTGTACTTACCGATTAAGGTCACCGCACTGCATAGCCTGGAAGCCTTCATCGGCGCTATTGAGTTCGACAAAGTCAGCCATCACAAAGTATCCGGTGCTTTCATGGCGTCGCCGTCTAGCACCGCAGCATACATGATGCATGCGACGCAATGGGATGACGAATGTGAGGATTACTTGCGTCACGTGATCGCGCATGCGTCAGGTAAGGGTTCTGGCGGCGTGCCGAGCGCCTTTCCGAGCACCATCTTCGAGAGCGTTTGGCCGCTGTCTACTCTGCTGAAAGTTGGCTATGATCTGAATAGCGCTCCGTTCATCGAGAAAATTCGTAGCTACTTGCACGATGCCTATATCGCAGAGAAAGGTATTCTCGGTTTCACCCCGTTCGTTGGCGCTGACGCGGACGACACCGCTACCACGATTCTGGTGTTGAATCTGCTGAACCAACCGGTGAGCGTGGACGCGATGTTGAAAGAATTTGAAGAGGAACATCACTTCAAGACCTACAGCCAAGAGCGTAATCCGAGCTTTTCCGCAAACTGTAATGTTCTGCTGGCGCTGCTGTACAGCCAGGAACCGAGCCTGTACAGCGCGCAAATCGAAAAAGCGATCCGTTTTCTGTATAAGCAATTCACCGACTCTGAGATGGATGTGCGCGATAAATGGAACCTGTCCCCGTATTATAGCTGGATGCTGATGACCCAGGCCATCACCCGTCTGACGACCCTGCAAAAGACCAGCAAGCTGAGCACGCTGCGTGATGACAGCATTAGCAAGGGCCTGATTTCTCTGCTGTTCCGCATTGCATCCACCGTGGTTAAAGATCAAAAACCGGGTGGCAGCTGGGGCACGCGTGCGAGCAAAGAAGAAACGGCATACGCCGTGCTGATTCTGACCTACGCGTTTTATCTGGACGAGGTGACCGAGTCTCTGCGCCACGATATCAAAATTGCAATCGAGAATGGTTGCTCGTTCCTGAGCGAGCGCACCATGCAAAGCGACAGCGAGTGGCTGTGGGTCGAAAAGGTTACCTACAAGAGCGAAGTGCTGAGCGAAGCATACATCCTGGCAGCTCTGAAACGTGCGGCAGACTTGCCGGATGAGAACGCTGAGGCAGCCCCAGTGATCAACGGTATCTCTACCAATGGCTTTGAGCACACCGACCGCATTAATGGTAAACTCAAGGTCAATGGTACGAATGGCACCAACGGTTCCCACGAAACGAACGGTATCAATGGCACCCATGAGATTGAGCAAATTAATGGTGTCAACGGCACGAATGGCCATAGCGACGTGCCACATGACACGAATGGTTGGGTCGAGGAACCGACGGCGATTAATGAAACGAACGGTCACTACGTTAACGGCACCAACCATGAGACTCCGCTGACCAATGGTATTAGCAATGGTGACTCCGTGAGCGTTCACACCGACCATAGCGACAGCTACTATCAGCGTAGCGACTGGACCGCGGATGAAGAACAGATCCTGCTGGGTCCATTCGATTACCTGGAATCCCTGCCTGGTAAAAATATGCGCAGCCAGCTGATCCAGTCTTTCAATACGTGGCTGAAGGTCCCGACCGAGAGCTTGGACGTGATTATTAAGGTCATTAGCATGCTGCACACTGCTAGCCTGCTGATCGACGATATTCAGGACCAAAGCATCCTGCGTCGTGGTCAGCCTGTGGCGCACTCGATCTTCGGCACCGCGCAAGCGATGAACTCTGGTAACTATGTTTACTTCCTGGCATTGCGTGAAGTTCAGAAATTGCAAAACCCGAAGGCTATCAGCATTTATGTGGACAGCTTGATCGATCTTCATCGCGGCCAGGGCATGGAACTGTTCTGGCGTGATTCTCTGATGTGCCCGACTGAAGAACAGTATCTGGACATGGTGGCGAACAAGACCGGTGGCCTGTTTTGTCTGGCGATTCAGCTGATGCAGGCAGAAGCGACCATTCAGGTTGATTTTATTCCGCTGGTGCGTCTGCTGGGTATCATTTTCCAGATTTGCGACGACTACCTGAACTTGAAAAGCACTGCGTATACCGACAACAAAGGTCTGTGTGAAGATCTTACCGAGGGTAAATTCTCCTTCCCGATCATTCACAGCATCCGTAGCAATCCGGGCAATCGTCAGCTGATCAATATTCTGAAGCAAAAACCGCGCGAAGATGACATCAAGCGTTACGCACTGTCCTATATGGAGAGCACGAATAGCTTCGAGTACACCCGTGGCGTCGTCCGTAAATTGAAAACCGAAGCAATTGACACGATTCAAGGTCTGGAGAAGCATGGCCTGGAAGAAAACATTGGTATTCGTAAGATTCTGGCGCGTATGAGCCTGGAACT GTAASEQ ID NO 175: Talaromyces cellulolyticus TalCeTPP wtATGTCTAATGACACCACTAGCACGGCTTCTGCCGGAACAGCAACTTCTTCGCGGTTTCTTTCTGTGGGCGGAGTTGTGAATTTCCGTGAACTGGGCGGTTATCCATGTGATTCTGTCCCTCCTGCTCCTGCCTCAAACGGCTCACCGGACAACGCATCTGAAGCGATCCTTTGGGTTGGCCACTCGTCCATTCGGCCTAGGTTTCTCTTTCGATCGGCACAGCCGTCTCAGATTACCCCGGCCGGTATTGAGACATTGATCCGCCAGCTTGGCATCCAGGCAATTTTTGACTTTCGTTCACGGACGGAAATTCAGCTTGTCGCCACTCGCTATCCTGATTCGCTACTCGAGATACCTGGTACGACTCGCTATTCCGTGCCCGTCTTCACGGAGGGCGACTATTCCCCGGCGTCATTAGTCAAGAGGTACGGAGTGTCCTCCGATACTGCAACTGATTCCACTTCCTCCAAATGTGCCAAGCCTACAGGATTCGTCCACGCATATGAGGCTATCGCACGCAGCGCAGCAGAAAACGGCAGTTTTCGTAAAATAACGGACCACATAATACAACATCCGGACCGGCCTATCCTGTTTCACTGTACATTGGGAAAAGACCGAACCGGTGTATTTGCAGCATTGTTATTGAGTCTTTGCGGGGTACCAAACGACACGATAGTTGAAGACTATGCTATGACTACCGAGGGATTTGGGGTCTGGCGAGAACATCTAATTCAACGCCTGTTACAAAGAAAGGATGCAGCTACGCGTGAGGATGCAGAATTCATTATTGCCAGCCACCCGGAGAGTATGAAGGCTTTTCTAGAAGATGTGGTAGCAACCAAGTTCGGGGATGCTCGAAATTACTTTATCCAGCACTGTGGATTGACGGAAGCGGAGGTTGATAAGCTAATTCGGACACTGGTCATTGCGAATTGASEQ ID NO 176: Talaromyces cellulolyticus TalCeTPP wt (GAM42000.1)MSNDTTSTASAGTATSSRFLSVGGVVNFRELGGYPCDSVPPAPASNGSPDNASEAILWVGHSSIRPRFLFRSAQPSQITPAGIETLIRQLGIQAIFDFRSRTEIQLVATRYPDSLLEIPGTTRYSVPVFTEGDYSPASLVKRYGVSSDTATDSTSSKCAKPTGFVHAYEAIARSAAENGSFRKITDHIIQHPDRPILFHCTLGKDRTGVFAALLLSLCGVPNDTIVEDYAMTTEGFGVWREHLIQRLLQRKDAATREDAEFIIASHPESMKAFLEDVVATKFGDARNYFIQHCGLTEAEVDKLIRTLVIANSEQ ID NO 177: Talaromyces cellulolyticus TalCeTPP E. coli optimizedATGAGCAACGACACGACCAGCACCGCATCCGCAGGCACCGCAACTTCTTCGCGCTTTCTGAGCGTCGGTGGCGTGGTTAACTTCCGTGAGTTGGGTGGCTACCCGTGCGACAGCGTTCCTCCTGCACCAGCAAGCAATGGTAGCCCGGACAATGCGAGCGAAGCGATTCTGTGGGTTGGTCACAGCAGCATTCGTCCGCGCTTCTTGTTTCGTAGCGCACAGCCGTCCCAGATCACCCCGGCCGGTATTGAAACGCTGATTCGCCAACTCGGTATTCAAGCGATCTTTGACTTTCGTTCCCGTACCGAGATCCAACTGGTGGCAACCCGCTACCCAGATAGCCTGCTGGAAATTCCGGGCACGACTCGTTACTCTGTTCCGGTCTTTACCGAGGGCGACTACAGCCCGGCTTCTCTGGTTAAGCGTTATGGTGTCTCTAGCGACACGGCAACGGATAGCACCAGCTCAAAGTGCGCGAAACCGACCGGCTTTGTGCATGCTTATGAAGCGATTGCTCGTTCTGCCGCGGAGAACGGTAGCTTCCGCAAGATCACCGACCACATTATCCAACATCCGGATCGCCCGATCCTGTTTCACTGCACGCTGGGCAAAGACCGTACCGGTGTTTTCGCAGCGCTGCTGCTGAGCTTGTGTGGTGTCCCGAATGACACCATCGTGGAAGATTATGCGATGACGACCGAAGGCTTCGGTGTGTGGCGTGAGCACTTGATTCAGCGTCTGCTGCAGCGCAAAGATGCGGCTACGCGTGAAGATGCCGAGTTCATTATCGCGAGCCATCCGGAGAGCATGAAAGCGTTCCTGGAAGATGTCGTTGCGACCAAATTCGGTGACGCCCGCAACTACTTTATCCAGCACTGTGGTCTGACCGAAGCCGAAGTGGATAAGCTGATCCGTACGCTGGTGATCGCGAATTAASEQ ID NO 178: Castellaniella defrasrans CdGeoA wt (NZ HG916765.1 3061533-3062654 (+))ATGAACGACACCCAGGATTTCATTTCCGCGCAGGCCGCCGTGCTGCGCCAGGTCGGCGGGCCGCTCGCGGTCGAGCCCGTGCGCATCAGCATGCCCAAAGGCGACGAGGTCTTGATCCGCATCGCCGGCGTGGGCGTCTGCCACACCGACCTGGTGTGCCGCGACGGATTTCCCGTGCCGCTGCCGATCGTGCTCGGCCACGAAGGCTCCGGCACCGTCGAGGCGGTGGGCGAGCAGGTGCGCACGCTCAAGCCCGGCGACCGGGTCGTGCTGTCCTTCAATTCCTGCGGGCATTGCGGCAATTGCCACGACGGCCATCCGTCGAACTGCCTGCAGATGCTGCCCCTGAACTTCGGCGGCGCGCAGCGCGTGGACGGCGGCCAGGTGCTGGACGGCGCCGGCCATCCCGTGCAGAGCATGTTCTTCGGCCAGTCCTCGTTCGGCACGCATGCCGTGGCGCGCGAAATCAATGCGGTCAAGGTCGGCGACGACCTGCCGCTGGAACTGCTGGGCCCGCTGGGCTGCGGCATCCAGACCGGCGCGGGCGCGGCGATCAATTCGCTGGGGATCGGCCCGGGCCAGTCCCTGGCCATCTTCGGCGGTGGCGGCGTCGGCCTGAGCGCGCTGCTGGGCGCGCGCGCCGTCGGGGCGGACCGGGTCGTGGTGATCGAGCCCAATGCCGCGCGCCGGGCCCTGGCCCTGGAACTGGGCGCCAGCCATGCCCTCGACCCGCACGCCGAAGGCGACCTGGTGGCCGCGATCAAGGCGGCCACCGGCGGCGGCGCGACCCACTCGCTGGACACGACGGGCCTGCCCCCGGTCATCGGCAGCGCGATCGCCTGCACCCTGCCGGGCGGCACCGTGGGCATGGTCGGACTGCCGGCGCCCGATGCCCCGGTGCCGGCGACCCTGCTCGATCTGCTGAGCAAAAGCGTCACCCTGCGCCCGATCACCGAGGGCGACGCGGACCCGCAGCGCTTCATCCCGCGCATGCTGGATTTCCATCGCGCGGGCAAATTCCCGTTCGACCGGCTGATCACCCGCTACCGTTTCGACCAGATCAACGAGGCCCTGCACGCCACCGAGAAGGGCGAGGCGATCAAGCCGGTGCTGGTGTTCTGASEQ ID NO 179: Castellaniella defrasrans CdGeoA wt (WP_043683915.1)MNDTQDFISAQAAVLRQVGGPLAVEPVRISMPKGDEVLIRIAGVGVCHTDLVCRDGFPVPLPIVLGHEGSGTVEAVGEQVRTLKPGDRVVLSFNSCGHCGNCHDGHPSNCLQMLPLNFGGAQRVDGGQVLDGAGHPVQSMFFGQSSFGTHAVAREINAVKVGDDLPLELLGPLGCGIQTGAGAAINSLGIGPGQSLAIFGGGGVGLSALLGARAVGADRVVVIEPNAARRALALELGASHALDPHAEGDLVAAIKAATGGGATHSLDTTGLPPVIGSAIACTLPGGTVGMVGLPAPDAPVPATLLDLLSKSVTLRPITEGDADPQRFIPRMLDFHRAGKFPFDRLITRYRFDQINEALHATEKGEAIKPVLVFSEQ ID NO 180: Castellaniella defrasrans CdGeoA E. coli optimizedATGAACGATACGCAGGATTTTATTAGCGCCCAAGCCGCAGTGTTACGTCAGGTCGGTGGCCCGCTGGCCGTTGAGCCTGTTCGTATCAGCATGCCGAAGGGTGACGAAGTCCTGATTCGTATCGCGGGTGTTGGTGTGTGCCACACCGACTTGGTGTGCCGTGATGGCTTCCCGGTGCCGCTGCCAATTGTGCTGGGTCACGAGGGTAGCGGTACTGTCGAAGCCGTCGGTGAACAAGTCCGTACCCTGAAACCGGGCGATCGCGTCGTGCTGAGCTTTAACAGCTGCGGTCATTGCGGTAACTGTCACGACGGTCACCCGAGCAATTGCCTGCAGATGCTGCCGCTGAACTTCGGTGGCGCGCAACGCGTGGACGGTGGCCAAGTTTTGGACGGTGCGGGTCATCCGGTTCAGTCCATGTTTTTCGGCCAGTCCAGCTTTGGCACCCACGCAGTAGCGCGCGAGATCAACGCAGTCAAGGTCGGCGATGATCTGCCACTGGAACTGCTGGGTCCGTTGGGTTGTGGCATTCAAACCGGTGCGGGTGCAGCTATCAATTCTCTGGGCATTGGTCCGGGTCAGTCTCTGGCTATCTTCGGCGGCGGCGGCGTGGGTCTGAGCGCACTGCTGGGCGCCCGTGCGGTGGGTGCCGACCGTGTTGTTGTCATTGAGCCGAATGCAGCGCGCCGTGCGCTGGCATTGGAACTGGGTGCCAGCCACGCACTGGACCCGCATGCCGAGGGCGACCTTGTTGCGGCGATTAAAGCTGCGACGGGTGGCGGCGCTACGCATAGCTTGGATACGACCGGCCTGCCGCCAGTCATTGGCTCCGCGATCGCGTGTACTCTGCCGGGTGGCACCGTTGGTATGGTTGGTCTGCCGGCGCCGGACGCACCGGTCCCTGCGACGCTGTTGGATCTGCTGAGCAAATCGGTTACCCTGCGTCCGATTACCGAGGGTGACGCTGACCCGCAACGCTTCATCCCGCGTATGCTGGATTTCCATCGTGCGGGCAAGTTTCCGTTCGACCGCCTGATCACCCGTTACCGCTTTGATCAGATCAATGAAGCGCTGCACGCGACCGAGAAAGGTGAAGCAATCAAACCGGTTCTGGTGT TTTAASEQ ID NO 181: Blakeslea trispora GGPP synthase carG wt (JQ289995.1)ATGTTGACCTCTAGCAAATCAATTGAATCCTTCCCCAAGAATGTTCAACCTTATGGCAAGCATTATCAAAATGGCTTGGAACCTGTTGGAAAAAGCCAAGAAGATATTCTCTTGGAGCCATTCCACTATCTCTGTTCGAATCCTGGTAAAGATGTCCGAACCAAGATGATTGAAGCGTTCAATGCTTGGCTGAAAGTACCCAAGGACGATTTGATCGTCATCACACGTGTGATTGAAATGCTTCATAGTGCTAGTTTGTTAATTGATGATGTGGAAGATGATTCCGTGTTGCGTCGTGGTGTTCCTGCAGCTCATCATATATATGGTACTCCTCAAACTATCAATTGTGCTAATTACGTGTACTTTCTTGCACTGAAAGAAATTGCCAAGTTGAACAAGCCCAACATGATTACTATCTATACCGATGAATTGATCAATTTGCACAGAGGGCAAGGAATGGAATTGTTTTGGCGTGACACCTTAACTTGTCCTACAGAGAAAGAATTTCTTGACATGGTAAACGACAAAACTGGTGGCCTCTTGAGATTAGCTGTGAAACTTATGCAAGAAGCTAGTCAATCGGGAACTGATTATACGGGACTCGTAAGTAAGATTGGTATCCATTTCCAAGTACGCGACGATTATATGAATTTGCAGTCAAAAAACTATGCTGACAACAAAGGATTCTGCGAAGACTTGACAGAAGGAAAATTCTCTTTCCCTATTATACATTCAATCCGCTCTGACCCAAGCAATCGCCAGCTTTTGAACATTTTAAAACAGCGCAGTAGCTCTATCGAACTCAAGCAATTTGCCTTGCAGCTACTGGAAAACACAAACACTTTCCAATACTGTCGTGATTTCTTACGTGTCTTGGAAAAGGAAGCTAGAGAAGAAATTAAGCTTTTAGGGGGTAACATCATGTTGGAGAAAATTATGGATGTCTTGAGTGTCAATGAATAASEQ ID NO 182: Blakeslea trispora GGPP synthase carG wt (AFC92798.1)MLTSSKSIESFPKNVQPYGKHYQNGLEPVGKSQEDILLEPFHYLCSNPGKDVRTKMIEAFNAWLKVPKDDLIVITRVIEMLHSASLLIDDVEDDSVLRRGVPAAHHIYGTPQTINCANYVYFLALKEIAKLNKPNMITIYTDELINLHRGQGMELFWRDTLTCPTEKEFLDMVNDKTGGLLRLAVKLMQEASQSGTDYTGLVSKIGIHFQVRDDYMNLQSKNYADNKGFCEDLTEGKFSFPIIHSIRSDPSNRQLLNILKQRSSSIELKQFALQLLENTNTFQYCRDFLRVLEKEAREEIKLLGGNIMLEKIMDVLSVNE*SEQ ID NO 183: Blakeslea trispora GGPP synthase carG Yeast optimizedATGTTGACATCTTCTAAGTCCATCGAATCTTTCCCAAAGAACGTTCAACCATACGGTAAACACTATCAAAACGGTTTAGAACCAGTCGGTAAGTCTCAAGAAGACATCTTGTTGGAACCTTTCCACTACTTATGTTCTAATCCAGGTAAGGATGTTAGAACCAAGATGATTGAAGCTTTCAACGCCTGGTTGAAAGTCCCAAAGGACGATTTGATTGTTATCACCAGAGTCATTGAAATGTTGCACTCCGCTTCTTTGTTGATTGATGACGTCGAGGACGATTCTGTCTTGAGAAGAGGTGTCCCAGCCGCCCACCATATCTACGGTACCCCTCAAACCATCAACTGCGCTAACTACGTTTATTTCTTGGCCTTGAAAGAAATCGCCAAGTTGAACAAGCCAAATATGATTACTATTTATACCGATGAATTGATCAACTTGCACAGAGGTCAAGGTATGGAATTGTTCTGGCGTGATACCTTGACCTGCCCAACTGAGAAAGAGTTTTTGGATATGGTTAACGATAAGACTGGTGGTTTGTTGAGATTGGCCGTCAAGTTGATGCAAGAGGCTTCTCAATCTGGTACCGACTATACTGGTTTGGTTTCTAAGATCGGTATCCATTTTCAAGTTAGAGATGACTACATGAACTTGCAATCCAAAAACTACGCCGATAATAAGGGTTTCTGTGAAGATTTGACCGAAGGTAAGTTCTCCTTTCCAATTATTCACTCTATCAGATCTGACCCATCCAACAGACAATTATTGAATATTTTGAAGCAAAGATCTTCTTCTATTGAATTGAAACAATTCGCTTTACAATTGTTAGAAAACACTAACACTTTTCAATACTGTAGAGATTTCTTGAGAGTTTTGGAAAAGGAAGCCAGAGAAGAGATCAAATTATTGGGTGGTAACATCATGTTGGAAAAGATTATGGACGTCTTGTCTGTTAATGAATAASEQ ID NO 184: Salvia miltiorrhiza SmCPS2 wt (EU003997.1 73-2454 (+))ATGGCCTCCTTATCCTCTACAATCCTCAGCCGCTCTCCGGCGGCCCGCCGCAGAATTACGCCGGCGTCGGCTAAGCTTCACCGGCCGGAATGTTTCGCCACCAGTGCATGGATGGGCAGCAGCAGTAAAAACCTTTCTCTCAGCTACCAACTTAATCACAAGAAAATATCAGTTGCCACAGTAGATGCGCCGCAGGTGCATGACCACGACGGCACTACCGTTCATCAAGGCCATGATGCGGTGAAGAATATTGAGGATCCCATTGAATACATCAGGACGTTGTTGAGGACGACGGGGGACGGGAGAATAAGCGTGTCGCCGTACGACACGGCGTGGGTGGCGATGATCAAGGACGTGGAGGGGCGGGACGGCCCCCAGTTCCCCTCCAGCCTCGAGTGGATCGTGCAGAATCAACTCGAGGATGGATCGTGGGGCGATCAGAAGCTTTTCTGCGTCTACGATCGCCTCGTCAATACCATCGCGTGCGTGGTAGCCTTGAGATCGTGGAATGTTCATGCTCACAAGGTCAAAAGAGGAGTGACGTACATCAAGGAAAATGTGGATAAACTTATGGAGGGAAATGAGGAGCACATGACTTGTGGGTTCGAAGTGGTGTTTCCGGCGCTTCTACAAAAAGCGAAAAGCTTAGGCATCGAAGATCTTCCTTACGATTCTCCGGCGGTGCAGGAGGTTTATCATGTCAGGGAACAAAAGTTGAAAAGGATTCCACTGGAGATTATGCACAAAATACCGACATCATTATTATTTAGTTTGGAAGGGCTCGAAAATTTGGATTGGGACAAACTTTTGAAACTGCAGTCAGCCGACGGTTCCTTCCTCACCTCTCCCTCCTCCACCGCCTTCGCGTTCATGCAAACCAAGGATGAAAAATGCTACCAATTCATCAAGAACACGATAGACACTTTCAACGGAGGAGCGCCACACACTTATCCCGTCGACGTGTTTGGAAGGCTCTGGGCGATCGACCGGCTGCAGCGCCTCGGAATTTCCCGCTTTTTTGAGCCGGAGATTGCTGATTGCTTAAGCCACATCCACAAATTTTGGACGGATAAGGGAGTTTTCAGTGGGAGAGAATCGGAGTTTTGCGACATTGACGATACATCCATGGGAATGAGGCTTATGAGGATGCATGGATATGATGTTGATCCAAATGTGCTGAGGAATTTCAAGCAGAAAGATGGTAAATTCTCTTGCTACGGCGGGCAGATGATCGAGTCGCCTTCTCCGATATACAATCTTTACAGAGCTTCTCAGCTCCGATTTCCCGGCGAGGAAATCCTCGAAGATGCGAAGAGATTCGCCTACGATTTCTTGAAAGAAAAACTAGCCAACAATCAGATTCTGGATAAATGGGTTATTTCTAAGCACTTGCCTGATGAGATCAAGCTCGGGCTAGAGATGCCGTGGCTCGCCACCCTACCCCGCGTCGAGGCGAAGTACTACATCCAGTACTACGCCGGCTCCGGCGACGTGTGGATCGGAAAGACGCTGTACAGGATGCCGGAGATCAGCAACGACACGTACCACGACCTAGCCAAGACGGATTTCAAGAGATGCCAAGCGAAGCATCAGTTCGAGTGGCTCTACATGCAAGAATGGTACGAGAGCTGCGGCATCGAGGAATTCGGGATAAGCAGAAAGGACCTTCTGCTTTCCTATTTCTTGGCGACCGCGAGCATCTTCGAGCTCGAGAGGACCAACGAGCGAATCGCGTGGGCCAAATCGCAGATCATCGCTAAGATGATCACTTCTTTCTTCAACAAGGAAACTACGTCGGAGGAGGACAAGCGAGCTCTTTTGAACGAGCTCGGAAACATTAATGGCCTCAACGACACAAACGGCGCAGGGAGAGAAGGTGGGGCCGGTAGCATTGCGCTAGCGACCCTCACTCAGTTCCTCGAGGGATTCGACAGATACACCAGACACCAGCTGAAAAATGCTTGGAGCGTATGGCTGACGCAGCTGCAACATGGCGAAGCAGACGACGCGGAGCTCCTAACCAACACGTTGAACATCTGCGCCGGCCACATCGCCTTCAGGGAAGAAATACTGGCGCACAACGAGTACAAAGCTCTCTCCAACCTAACCAGCAAAATCTGTCGACAGCTTTCTTTCATTCAAAGCGAAAAGGAGATGGGAGTAGAGGGCGAGATCGCAGCGAAATCGAGCATAAAAAACAAGGAACTCGAAGAAGACATGCAAATGTTGGTGAAGTTGGTGCTTGAGAAATATGGGGGCATAGATAGAAATATAAAGAAAGCGTTTTTAGCAGTTGCGAAGACTTATTATTACAGAGCGTATCATGCCGCCGACACCATAGACACACACATGTTTAAAGTGCTTTTCGAGCCAGTCGCGTGA SEQ ID NO 185: Salvia miltiorrhiza SmCPS2MATVDAPQVHDHDGTTVHQGHDAVKNIEDPIEYIRTLLRTTGDGRISVSPYDTAWVAMIKDVEGRDGPQFPSSLEWIVQNQLEDGSWGDQKLFCVYDRLVNTIACVVALRSWNVHAHKVKRGVTYIKENVDKLMEGNEEHMTCGFEVVFPALLQKAKSLGIEDLPYDSPAVQEVYHVREQKLKRIPLEIMHKIPTSLLFSLEGLENLDWDKLLKLQSADGSFLTSPSSTAFAFMQTKDEKCYQFIKNTIDTFNGGAPHTYPVDVFGRLWAIDRLQRLGISRFFEPEIADCLSHIHKFWTDKGVFSGRESEFCDIDDTSMGMRLMRMHGYDVDPNVLRNFKQKDGKFSCYGGQMIESPSPIYNLYRASQLRFPGEEILEDAKRFAYDFLKEKLANNQILDKWVISKHLPDEIKLGLEMPWLATLPRVEAKYYIQYYAGSGDVWIGKTLYRMPEISNDTYHDLAKTDFKRCQAKHQFEWLYMQEWYESCGIEEFGISRKDLLLSYFLATASIFELERTNERIAWAKSQIIAKMITSFFNKETTSEEDKRALLNELGNINGLNDTNGAGREGGAGSIALATLTQFLEGFDRYTRHQLKNAWSVWLTQLQHGEADDAELLTNTLNICAGHIAFREEILAHNEYKALSNLTSKICRQLSFIQSEKEMGVEGEIAAKSSIKNKELEEDMQMLVKLVLEKYGGIDRNIKKAFLAVAKTYYYRAYHAADTIDTHMFKVLFEPVA*SEQ ID NO 186: Salvia miltiorrhiza SmCPS2 Yeast optimizedATGGCTACTGTTGACGCTCCACAAGTTCACGACCACGACGGTACTACTGTTCACCAAGGTCACGACGCTGTTAAGAACATCGAAGACCCAATCGAATACATCAGAACTTTGTTGAGAACTACTGGTGACGGTAGAATCTCTGTTTCTCCATACGACACTGCTTGGGTTGCTATGATCAAGGACGTTGAAGGTAGAGACGGTCCACAATTCCCATCTTCTTTGGAATGGATCGTTCAAAACCAATTGGAAGACGGTTCTTGGGGTGACCAAAAGTTGTTCTGTGTTTACGACAGATTGGTTAACACTATCGCTTGTGTTGTTGCTTTGAGATCTTGGAACGTTCACGCTCACAAGGTTAAGAGAGGTGTTACTTACATCAAGGAAAACGTTGACAAGTTGATGGAAGGTAACGAAGAACACATGACTTGTGGTTTCGAAGTTGTTTTCCCAGCTTTGTTGCAAAAGGCTAAGTCTTTGGGTATCGAAGACTTGCCATACGACTCTCCAGCTGTTCAAGAAGTTTACCACGTTAGAGAACAAAAGTTGAAGAGAATCCCATTGGAAATCATGCACAAGATCCCAACTTCTTTGTTGTTCTCTTTGGAAGGTTTGGAAAACTTGGACTGGGACAAGTTGTTGAAGTTGCAATCTGCTGACGGTTCTTTCTTGACTTCTCCATCTTCTACTGCTTTCGCTTTCATGCAAACTAAGGACGAAAAGTGTTACCAATTCATCAAGAACACTATCGACACTTTCAACGGTGGTGCTCCACACACTTACCCAGTTGACGTTTTCGGTAGATTGTGGGCTATCGACAGATTGCAAAGATTGGGTATCTCTAGATTCTTCGAACCAGAAATCGCTGACTGTTTGTCTCACATCCACAAGTTCTGGACTGACAAGGGTGTTTTCTCTGGTAGAGAATCTGAATTCTGTGACATCGACGACACTTCTATGGGTATGAGATTGATGAGAATGCACGGTTACGACGTTGACCCAAACGTTTTGAGAAACTTCAAGCAAAAGGACGGTAAGTTCTCTTGTTACGGTGGTCAAATGATCGAATCTCCATCTCCAATCTACAACTTGTACAGAGCTTCTCAATTGAGATTCCCAGGTGAAGAAATCTTGGAAGACGCTAAGAGATTCGCTTACGACTTCTTGAAGGAAAAGTTGGCTAACAACCAAATCTTGGACAAGTGGGTTATCTCTAAGCACTTGCCAGACGAAATCAAGTTGGGTTTGGAAATGCCATGGTTGGCTACTTTGCCAAGAGTTGAAGCTAAGTACTACATCCAATACTACGCTGGTTCTGGTGACGTTTGGATCGGTAAGACTTTGTACAGAATGCCAGAAATCTCTAACGACACTTACCACGACTTGGCTAAGACTGACTTCAAGAGATGTCAAGCTAAGCACCAATTCGAATGGTTGTACATGCAAGAATGGTACGAATCTTGTGGTATCGAAGAATTCGGTATCTCTAGAAAGGACTTGTTGTTGTCTTACTTCTTGGCTACTGCTTCTATCTTCGAATTGGAAAGAACTAACGAAAGAATCGCTTGGGCTAAGTCTCAAATCATCGCTAAGATGATCACTTCTTTCTTCAACAAGGAAACTACTTCTGAAGAAGACAAGAGAGCTTTGTTGAACGAATTGGGTAACATCAACGGTTTGAACGACACTAACGGTGCTGGTAGAGAAGGTGGTGCTGGTTCTATCGCTTTGGCTACTTTGACTCAATTCTTGGAAGGTTTCGACAGATACACTAGACACCAATTGAAGAACGCTTGGTCTGTTTGGTTGACTCAATTGCAACACGGTGAAGCTGACGACGCTGAATTGTTGACTAACACTTTGAACATCTGTGCTGGTCACATCGCTTTCAGAGAAGAAATCTTGGCTCACAACGAATACAAGGCTTTGTCTAACTTGACTTCTAAGATCTGTAGACAATTGTCTTTCATCCAATCTGAAAAGGAAATGGGTGTTGAAGGTGAAATCGCTGCTAAGTCTTCTATCAAGAACAAGGAATTGGAAGAAGACATGCAAATGTTGGTTAAGTTGGTTTTGGAAAAGTACGGTGGTATCGACAGAAACATCAAGAAGGCTTTCTTGGCTGTTGCTAAGACTTACTACTACAGAGCTTACCACGCTGCTGACACTATCGACACTCACATGTTCAAGGTTTTGTTCGAACCAGTTGCTTAASEQ ID NO 187: Salvia sclarea SsLPS wt (JN133923.1)ATGACTTCTGTAAATTTGAGCAGAGCACCAGCAGCGATTACCCGGCGCAGGCTGCAGCTACAGCCGGAATTTCATGCCGAGTGTTCATGGCTGAAAAGCAGCAGCAAACACGCGCCCTTGACCTTGAGTTGCCAAATCCGTCCTAAGCAACTCTCCCAAATAGCTGAATTGAGAGTAACAAGCCTGGATGCGTCGCAAGCGAGTGAAAAAGACATTTCCCTTGTTCAAACTCCGCATAAGGTTGAGGTTAATGAAAAGATCGAGGAGTCAATCGAGTACGTCCAAAATCTGTTGATGACGTCGGGCGACGGGCGAATAAGCGTGTCACCCTATGACACGGCAGTGATCGCCCTGATCAAGGACTTGAAAGGGCGCGACGCCCCGCAGTTTCCGTCATGTCTCGAGTGGATCGCGCACCACCAACTGGCTGATGGCTCATGGGGCGACGAATTCTTCTGTATTTATGATCGGATTCTAAATACATTGGCATGTGTCGTAGCCTTGAAATCATGGAACCTTCACTCTGATATTATTGAAAAAGGAGTGACGTACATCAAGGAGAATGTGCATAAACTTAAAGGTGCAAATGTTGAGCACAGGACAGCGGGGTTCGAACTTGTGGTTCCTACTTTTATGCAAATGGCCACAGATTTGGGCATCCAAGATCTGCCCTATGATCATCCCCTCATCAAGGAGATTGCTGACACAAAACAACAAAGATTGAAAGAGATACCCAAGGATTTGGTTTACCAAATGCCAACGAATTTACTGTACAGTTTAGAAGGGTTAGGAGATTTGGAGTGGGAAAGGCTACTGAAACTGCAGTCGGGCAATGGCTCCTTCCTCACTTCGCCGTCGTCCACCGCCGCCGTCTTGATGCATACCAAAGATGAAAAATGTTTGAAATACATCGAAAACGCCCTCAAGAATTGCGACGGAGGAGCACCACATACTTATCCAGTCGATATCTTCTCAAGACTTTGGGCAATCGATAGGCTACAACGCCTAGGAATTTCTCGTTTCTTCCAGCACGAGATCAAGTATTTCTTAGATCACATCGAAAGCGTTTGGGAGGAGACCGGAGTTTTCAGTGGAAGATATACGAAATTTAGCGATATTGATGACACGTCCATGGGCGTTAGGCTTCTCAAAATGCACGGATACGACGTCGATCCAAATGTACTAAAACATTTCAAGCAACAAGATGGTAAATTTTCCTGCTACATTGGTCAATCGGTCGAGTCTGCATCTCCAATGTACAATCTTTATAGGGCTGCTCAACTAAGATTTCCAGGAGAAGAAGTTCTTGAAGAAGCCACTAAATTTGCCTTTAACTTCTTGCAAGAAATGCTAGTCAAAGATCGACTTCAAGAAAGATGGGTGATATCCGACCACTTATTTGATGAGATAAAGCTGGGGTTGAAGATGCCATGGTACGCCACTCTACCCCGAGTCGAGGCTGCATATTATCTAGACCATTATGCTGGTTCTGGTGATGTATGGATTGGCAAGAGTTTCTACAGGATGCCAGAAATCAGCAATGATACATACAAGGAGCTTGCGATATTGGATTTCAACAGATGCCAAACACAACATCAGTTGGAGTGGATCCACATGCAGGAATGGTACGACAGATGCAGCCTTAGCGAATTCGGGATAAGCAAAAGAGAGTTGCTTCGCTCTTACTTTCTGGCCGCAGCAACCATATTCGAACCGGAGAGAACTCAAGAGAGGCTTCTGTGGGCCAAAACCAGAATTCTTTCTAAGATGATCACTTCATTTGTCAACATTAGTGGAACAACACTATCTTTGGACTACAATTTCAATGGCCTCGATGAAATAATTAGTAGTGCCAATGAAGATCAAGGACTGGCTGGGACTCTGCTGGCAACCTTCCATCAACTTCTAGACGGATTCGATATATACACTCTCCATCAACTCAAACATGTTTGGAGCCAATGGTTCATGAAAGTGCAGCAAGGAGAGGGAAGCGGCGGGGAAGACGCGGTGCTCCTAGCGAACACGCTCAACATCTGCGCCGGCCTCAACGAAGACGTGTTGTCCAACAATGAATACACGGCTCTGTCCACCCTCACAAATAAAATCTGCAATCGCCTCGCCCAAATTCAAGACAATAAGATTCTCCAAGTTGTGGATGGGAGCATAAAGGATAAGGAGCTAGAACAGGATATGCAGGCGTTGGTGAAGTTAGTGCTTCAAGAAAATGGCGGCGCCGTAGACAGAAACATCAGACACACGTTTTTGTCGGTTTCCAAGACTTTCTACTACGATGCCTACCACGACGATGAGACGACCGATCTTCATATCTTCAAAGTACTCTTTCGACCGGTTGTATGASEQ ID NO 188: Salvia sclarea SsLPS E. coli optimizedMASQASEKDISLVQTPHKVEVNEKIEESIEYVQNLLMTSGDGRISVSPYDTAVIALIKDLKGRDAPQFPSCLEWIAHHQLADGSWGDEFFCIYDRILNTLACVVALKSWNLHSDIIEKGVTYIKENVHKLKGANVEHRTAGFELVVPTFMQMATDLGIQDLPYDHPLIKEIADTKQQRLKEIPKDLVYQMPTNLLYSLEGLGDLEWERLLKLQSGNGSFLTSPSSTAAVLMHTKDEKCLKYIENALKNCDGGAPHTYPVDIFSRLWAIDRLQRLGISRFFQHEIKYFLDHIESVWEETGVFSGRYTKFSDIDDTSMGVRLLKMHGYDVDPNVLKHFKQQDGKFSCYIGQSVESASPMYNLYRAAQLRFPGEEVLEEATKFAFNFLQEMLVKDRLQERWVISDHLFDEIKLGLKMPWYATLPRVEAAYYLDHYAGSGDVWIGKSFYRMPEISNDTYKELAILDFNRCQTQHQLEWIHMQEWYDRCSLSEFGISKRELLRSYFLAAATIFEPERTQERLLWAKTRILSKMITSFVNISGTTLSLDYNFNGLDEIISSANEDQGLAGTLLATFHQLLDGFDIYTLHQLKHVWSQWFMKVQQGEGSGGEDAVLLANTLNICAGLNEDVLSNNEYTALSTLTNKICNRLAQIQDNKILQVVDGSIKDKELEQDMQALVKLVLQENGGAVDRNIRHTFLSVSKTFYYDAYHDDETTDLHIFKVLFRPVV*SEQ ID NO 189: Salvia sclarea SsLPS E. coli optimizedATGGCATCCCAAGCGTCCGAGAAAGATATTAGCCTGGTTCAAACCCCGCATAAGGTCGAGGTCAACGAAAAGATCGAAGAGAGCATCGAGTACGTCCAAAATCTGCTGATGACGAGCGGTGACGGTCGTATCTCCGTGTCTCCGTACGATACCGCGGTCATCGCTCTGATTAAAGATCTGAAGGGTCGCGACGCACCGCAGTTCCCGAGCTGTCTGGAGTGGATTGCGCACCACCAGTTAGCGGATGGTAGCTGGGGCGACGAGTTCTTTTGTATCTATGACCGCATTTTGAATACCCTGGCGTGCGTCGTCGCACTGAAATCTTGGAATCTGCACAGCGACATTATTGAAAAAGGCGTGACCTACATTAAGGAAAACGTCCATAAGCTGAAAGGCGCGAATGTTGAGCATAGAACCGCCGGTTTTGAGCTGGTTGTTCCGACCTTCATGCAGATGGCGACTGACCTGGGTATTCAGGATCTGCCGTACGATCATCCTCTTATCAAAGAAATCGCTGATACGAAGCAACAGCGCCTGAAAGAAATTCCGAAAGATTTGGTTTATCAGATGCCGACCAATCTGCTGTATAGCCTGGAAGGCCTGGGCGATTTAGAGTGGGAGCGTTTGCTGAAGCTGCAGTCTGGTAATGGTAGCTTCCTGACGAGCCCAAGCAGCACGGCGGCAGTTCTGATGCATACCAAAGACGAGAAGTGTTTGAAATACATTGAGAATGCGCTGAAGAACTGCGACGGTGGCGCTCCTCATACGTATCCGGTTGACATCTTTAGCCGCTTGTGGGCGATCGACCGTTTGCAACGTCTGGGCATTAGCCGTTTCTTCCAACACGAGATCAAATACTTTCTGGACCACATCGAGTCAGTCTGGGAAGAAACCGGCGTGTTTAGCGGTCGTTACACGAAGTTTAGCGACATCGATGACACGAGCATGGGTGTCCGCCTGCTGAAAATGCACGGTTACGACGTAGACCCAAACGTGTTGAAACACTTTAAGCAGCAAGACGGCAAATTCAGCTGCTACATCGGCCAGAGCGTCGAGAGCGCGAGCCCGATGTATAATCTGTACCGTGCCGCCCAGCTGCGTTTCCCGGGTGAAGAAGTGCTTGAAGAAGCAACTAAATTCGCGTTTAACTTCCTGCAAGAGATGCTGGTGAAGGATCGCTTGCAAGAGCGTTGGGTTATTAGCGATCACCTGTTTGACGAGATTAAGCTCGGTCTGAAGATGCCGTGGTATGCTACCCTGCCGCGTGTTGAGGCCGCTTATTACCTGGATCACTATGCGGGTAGCGGTGATGTGTGGATTGGTAAGTCTTTTTACCGCATGCCGGAGATTAGCAATGACACCTACAAAGAATTGGCCATCCTGGACTTTAACCGTTGTCAGACTCAGCATCAGCTGGAGTGGATTCACATGCAAGAGTGGTATGACCGCTGCTCTCTGTCCGAGTTTGGTATTAGCAAGCGTGAGCTGCTGCGTAGCTACTTCCTGGCTGCCGCAACCATTTTCGAACCGGAACGCACCCAAGAGCGTCTGCTCTGGGCAAAGACCCGCATCCTGAGCAAGATGATTACCAGCTTCGTCAACATCTCCGGTACGACCCTGAGCCTGGATTACAACTTCAACGGTTTGGATGAGATCATTTCCAGCGCGAATGAAGATCAGGGTCTGGCGGGTACGCTGTTGGCCACGTTCCATCAACTGCTGGATGGTTTCGACATTTACACCCTGCACCAACTGAAACACGTCTGGTCGCAATGGTTTATGAAAGTTCAGCAAGGCGAGGGCTCCGGCGGCGAAGATGCGGTCCTGCTGGCAAATACTCTGAATATCTGCGCGGGTCTGAATGAAGATGTGCTGTCGAACAACGAGTATACCGCGCTGAGCACGCTGACGAACAAGATCTGCAACCGTCTGGCCCAGATCCAGGACAACAAGATTCTGCAAGTGGTGGACGGCAGCATCAAAGACAAAGAACTGGAACAGGATATGCAGGCATTGGTTAAACTGGTGCTGCAGGAAAACGGTGGCGCAGTGGACCGTAACATCCGTCACACGTTTCTGAGCGTTAGCAAGACCTTCTACTATGACGCGTATCACGACGATGAAACCACCGATCTGCATATCTTTAAAGTCCTGTTCCGTCCGGTTG TTTAASEQ ID NO 190: Pantoea asslomerans CrtE wt (M38424.1 40-963 (+))ATGGTGAGTGGCAGTAAAGCGGGCGTTTCGCCTCATCGCGAAATAGAAGTAATGAGACAATCCATTGACGATCACCTGGCTGGCCTGTTACCTGAAACCGACAGCCAGGATATCGTCAGCCTTGCGATGCGTGAAGGCGTCATGGCACCCGGTAAACGGATCCGTCCGCTGCTGATGCTGCTGGCCGCCCGCGACCTCCGCTACCAGGGCAGTATGCCTACGCTGCTCGATCTCGCCTGCGCCGTTGAACTGACCCATACCGCGTCGCTGATGCTCGACGACATGCCCTGCATGGACAACGCCGAGCTGCGCCGCGGTCAGCCCACTACCCACAAAAAATTTGGTGAGAGCGTGGCGATCCTTGCCTCCGTTGGGCTGCTCTCTAAAGCCTTTGGTCTGATCGCCGCCACCGGCGATCTGCCGGGGGAGAGGCGTGCCCAGGCGGTCAACGAGCTCTCTACCGCCGTGGGCGTGCAGGGCCTGGTACTGGGGCAGTTTCGCGATCTTAACGATGCCGCCCTCGACCGTACCCCTGACGCTATCCTCAGCACCAACCACCTCAAGACCGGCATTCTGTTCAGCGCGATGCTGCAGATCGTCGCCATTGCTTCCGCCTCGTCGCCGAGCACGCGAGAGACGCTGCACGCCTTCGCCCTCGACTTCGGCCAGGCGTTTCAACTGCTGGACGATCTGCGTGACGATCACCCGGAAACCGGTAAAGATCGCAATAAGGACGCGGGAAAATCGACGCTGGTCAACCGGCTGGGCGCAGACGCGGCCCGGCAAAAGCTGCGCGAGCATATTGATTCCGCCGACAAACACCTCACTTTTGCCTGTCCGCAGGGCGGCGCCATCCGACAGTTTATGCATCTGTGGTTTGGCCATCACCTTGCCGACTGGTCACCGGTCATGAAAATCGCCTGA SEQ ID NO 191: Pantoea agglomerans CrtE wt (AAA24819.1)MVSGSKAGVSPHREIEVMRQSIDDHLAGLLPETDSQDIVSLAMREGVMAPGKRIRPLLMLLAARDLRYQGSMPTLLDLACAVELTHTASLMLDDMPCMDNAELRRGQPTTHKKFGESVAILASVGLLSKAFGLIAATGDLPGERRAQAVNELSTAVGVQGLVLGQFRDLNDAALDRTPDAILSTNHLKTGILFSAMLQIVAIASASSPSTRETLHAFALDFGQAFQLLDDLRDDHPETGKDRNKDAGKSTLVNRLGADAARQKLREHIDSADKHLTFACPQGGAIRQFMHLWFGHHLADWSPVMKIA*SEQ ID NO 192: Pantoea asslomerans CrtE Yeast optimizedATGGTTTCTGGTTCGAAAGCAGGAGTATCACCTCATAGGGAAATCGAAGTCATGAGACAGTCCATTGATGACCACTTAGCAGGATTGTTGCCAGAAACAGATTCCCAGGATATCGTTAGCCTTGCTATGAGAGAAGGTGTTATGGCACCTGGTAAACGTATCAGACCTTTGCTGATGTTACTTGCTGCAAGAGACCTGAGATATCAGGGTTCTATGCCTACACTACTGGATCTAGCTTGTGCTGTTGAACTGACACATACTGCTTCCTTGATGCTGGATGACATGCCTTGTATGGACAATGCGGAACTTAGAAGAGGTCAACCAACAACCCACAAGAAATTCGGAGAATCTGTTGCCATTTTGGCTTCTGTAGGTCTGTTGTCGAAAGCATTTGGCTTGATTGCTGCAACTGGTGATCTTCCAGGTGAAAGGAGAGCACAAGCTGTAAACGAGCTATCTACTGCAGTTGGTGTTCAAGGTCTAGTCTTAGGACAGTTCAGAGATTTGAATGACGCAGCTTTGGACAGAACTCCTGATGCTATCCTGTCTACGAACCATCTGAAGACTGGCATCTTGTTCTCAGCTATGTTGCAAATCGTAGCCATTGCTTCTGCTTCTTCACCATCTACTAGGGAAACGTTACACGCATTCGCATTGGACTTTGGTCAAGCCTTTCAACTGCTAGACGATTTGAGGGATGATCATCCAGAGACAGGTAAAGACCGTAACAAAGACGCTGGTAAAAGCACTCTAGTCAACAGATTGGGTGCTGATGCAGCTAGACAGAAACTGAGAGAGCACATTGACTCTGCTGACAAACACCTGACATTTGCATGTCCACAAGGAGGTGCTATAAGGCAGTTTATGCACCTATGGTTTGGACACCATCTTGCTGATTGGTCTCCAGTGATGAAGATCGCCTA ASEQ ID NO 193: Talaromyces verruculosus TalVeTPP wt (LHCL01000010.1150095-151030 (+))ATGTCTAATGACACCACTACCACGGCTTCTGCCGGAACAGCAACTTCTTCGCGGTTTCTTTCCGTGGGGGGAGTTGTGAACTTCCGTGAACTGGGCGGTTACCCATGTGATTCTGTCCCTCCTGCTCCTGCCTCAAACGGCTCACCGGACAATGCATCTGAAGCGACCCTTTGGGTTGGCCACTCGTCCATTCGGCCTGGATTTCTGTTTCGATCGGCACAGCCGTCTCAGATTACCCCGGCCGGTATTGAGACATTGATCCGCCAGCTTGGCATCCAGACAATTTTTGACTTTCGTTCAAGGACGGAAATTGAGCTTGTTGCCACTCGCTATCCTGATTCGCTACTTGAGATACCTGGCACGACTCGCTATTCCGTGCCCGTCTTCTCGGAAGGCGACTATTCCCCAGCGTCATTAGTCAAGAGGTACGGAGTGTCCTCCGATACTGCAACCGATTCCACTTCCTCCAAAAGTGCTAAGCCTACAGGATTCGTCCACGCATATGAGGCTATCGCACGCAGTGCAGCAGAAAACGGCAGTTTTCGTAAGATAACGGACCACATAATACAACATCCGGACCGGCCTATTCTGTTTCACTGTACACTGGGGAAAGACCGAACCGGTGTGTTTGCAGCATTGTTATTGAGTCTTTGCGGGGTACCAGACGAGACGATAGTTGAAGACTATGCTATGACTACCGAGGGATTTGGAGCCTGGCGGGAACATCTAATTCAACGCTTGCTACAAAGGAAGGATGCAGCTACGCGCGAGGATGCAGAATCCATTATTGCCAGCCCCCCGGAGACTATGAAGGCTTTTCTAGAAGATGTGGTAGCAGCCAAGTTCGGGGGTGCTCGAAATTACTTTATCCAGCACTGTGGATTTACGGAAGCTGAGGTTGATAAGTTAAGCCATACACTGGCCATTACGAATTGASEQ ID NO 194: Talaromyces verruculosus TalVeTPP wt (KUL89334.1)MSNDTTTTASAGTATSSRFLSVGGVVNFRELGGYPCDSVPPAPASNGSPDNASEATLWVGHSSIRPGFLFRSAQPSQITPAGIETLIRQLGIQTIFDFRSRTEIELVATRYPDSLLEIPGTTRYSVPVFSEGDYSPASLVKRYGVSSDTATDSTSSKSAKPTGFVHAYEAIARSAAENGSFRKITDHIIQHPDRPILFHCTLGKDRTGVFAALLLSLCGVPDETIVEDYAMTTEGFGAWREHLIQRLLQRKDAATREDAESIIASPPETMKAFLEDVVAAKFGGARNYFIQHCGFTEAEVDKLSHTLAITNSEQ ID NO 195: Talaromyces verruculosus TalVeTPP Yeast optimizedATGTCTAACGACACTACTACTACTGCTTCTGCTGGTACTGCTACTTCTTCTAGATTCTTGTCTGTTGGTGGTGTTGTTAACTTCAGAGAATTGGGTGGTTACCCATGTGACTCTGTTCCACCAGCTCCAGCTTCTAACGGTTCTCCAGACAACGCTTCTGAAGCTACTTTGTGGGTTGGTCACTCTTCTATCAGACCAGGTTTCTTGTTCAGATCTGCTCAACCATCTCAAATCACTCCAGCTGGTATCGAAACTTTGATCAGACAATTGGGTATCCAAACTATCTTCGACTTCAGATCTAGAACTGAAATCGAATTGGTTGCTACTAGATACCCAGACTCTTTGTTGGAAATCCCAGGTACTACTAGATACTCTGTTCCAGTTTTCTCTGAAGGTGACTACTCTCCAGCTTCTTTGGTTAAGAGATACGGTGTTTCTTCTGACACTGCTACTGACTCTACTTCTTCTAAGTCTGCTAAGCCAACTGGTTTCGTTCACGCTTACGAAGCTATCGCTAGATCTGCTGCTGAAAACGGTTCTTTCAGAAAGATCACTGACCACATCATCCAACACCCAGACAGACCAATCTTGTTCCACTGTACTTTGGGTAAGGACAGAACTGGTGTTTTCGCTGCTTTGTTGTTGTCTTTGTGTGGTGTTCCAGACGAAACTATCGTTGAAGACTACGCTATGACTACTGAAGGTTTCGGTGCTTGGAGAGAACACTTGATCCAAAGATTGTTGCAAAGAAAGGACGCTGCTACTAGAGAAGACGCTGAATCTATCATCGCTTCTCCACCAGAAACTATGAAGGCTTTCTTGGAAGACGTTGTTGCTGCTAAGTTCGGTGGTGCTAGAAACTACTTCATCCAACACTGTGGTTTCACTGAAGCTGAAGTTGACAAGTTGTCTCACACTTTGGCTATCACTAA CTAASEQ ID NO 196: Artificial RBS sequence AAGGAGGTAAAAAASEQ ID NO 197: Artificial BYMO sequence motif 8 GAGxSGLX₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or IThe numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 198: Artificial BYMO sequence motif 1EKNxxxxGTWxENRYPGCACDVPxHxYxxSFEX₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly H or P.X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A, D, or E.X₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or V.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly G or S.X₁₁ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly F, L, or Y.X₂₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or S.X₂₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A, C, or N.X₂₈ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or T.X₂₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly W or Y.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 199: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 2 LxNAxGILNxWxxPxIPGX₂ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly I, L, or V.X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly G, S, or T.X₁₀ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or Q.X₁₂ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly K or R.X₁₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly W or Y.X₁₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly G, P, or S.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 200: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 3 LxxKxVxxIGxGSSGIQIxPxIX₂ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly E, K, or N.X₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly D or G.X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly K, T, or V.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or G.X₈ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or V.X₁₁ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly N or S.X₁₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or V.X₂₁ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or N.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 201: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 4 GCRRxTPGxxYLExLX₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or P.X₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly P or T.X₁₀ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly G, H, or N.X₁₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or S.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 202: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 5 CATGFDxxxxPRFxxxGX₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly T or V.X₈ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly S or T.X₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly F or Y.X₁₀ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly K or R.X₁₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly K or P.X₁₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly F or L.X₁₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly I or V.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 203: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 6 PNxFxxxGPNxPxxNGxVX₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly S or Y.X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly F, I, or S.X₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly F, I, or T.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or M.X₁₁ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly C or G.X₁₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly I or V.X₁₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or G.X₁₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly P or S.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 204: Artificial BVMO sequence motif 7 AxWPGSxLHYxEAxxxPRxEDX₂ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or V.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A or T.X₁₁ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly L or M.X₁₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly I or L.X₁₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly A, K, or Q.X₁₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly D, H, or S.X₁₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid, particularly W or Y.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 205: Artificial enal-cleaving polypeptide sequence motif 1G-[Y or-]-x-W-x-G-x-x-[F, L or I]- x-[T, S or R]-G-[H or D]GxxWxGxxxxxGxX₂ can be Y or can be deleted.X₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₈ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₉ can be F, L, or I.

X₁₀ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₁₁ can be R, S, or T. X₁₃ can be H or D.

The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 206: Artificial enal-cleaving polypeptide sequence motif 2W-[Y, A or V]-G-K-x-[F or Y]-x-[S or D] WxGKxxxx

X₂ can be A, V, or Y.

X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₆ can be F or Y.

X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₈ can be D or S.

The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 207: Artificial enal- cleaving polypeptide sequence motif 3[G or S]-x-[A or G]-x-[L or V]-x-x-x-x-[F, Y or L]-R-G-x-VxxxxxxxxxxRGxV

X₁ can be G or S.

X₂ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₃ can be A or G.

X₄ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₅ can be L or V.

X₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₇ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₈ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₁₀ can be F, L, or Y.

X₁₃ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

SEQ ID NO 208: Artificial enal-cleaving polypeptide sequence motif 4[M or L]-[V or I]-Y-D-x-x-P-[I or V]- x-D-[H or S]-[F or L]xxYDxxPxxDxx

X₁ can be L or M. X₂ can be I or V.

X₅ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.X₆ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₈ can be I or V.

X₉ can be any naturally occurring amino acid.

X₁₁ can be H or S. X₁₂ can be F or L.

The numbering of X corresponds to its position in the sequence.

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 3. A biocatalytic method of preparing acompound of the general formula IV

wherein R¹ represents H or lower alkyl; R² represents H, a linear orbranched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbylresidue, or a residue Cyc-A- wherein Cyc represents an optionallysubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, mono- or polycyclic hydrocarbylresidue, and A represents a chemical bond or an optionally substituted,straight chain or branched alkylene bridge; and R³ representindependently of each other H or lower alkyl; comprising the steps of(1) contacting the corresponding non-degraded precursor of the generalformula V

wherein R¹, R² and R³ are as defined above; and R⁴ represents H or loweralkyl, R⁵ represents H or lower alkyl, and wherein said compound offormula V may be present in stereoisomerically essentially pure form oras a mixture of stereoisomers, with a polypeptide having enal-cleavingactivity, and optionally (2) isolating the degraded product of formulaIV as obtained in step (1), wherein said compound of formula IV isprovided in stereoisomerically pure form, or as a mixture ofstereoisomers.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein a terpene precursor offormula V is applied, wherein R¹ represents H or methyl, R² represents Hor a non-cyclic, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated,hydrocarbyl residue having 1 to 20, carbon atoms; or a cyclic groupCyc-A-, wherein A represents a straight chain or branched C₁-C₄-alkylenebridge; and Cyc represents a mono- or polycyclic, saturated orunsaturated hydrocarbyl residue, optionally substituted with 1-10substituents which are independently selected from C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkylidene, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, oxo, hydroxy, or amino; each R³represents H, R⁴ represents H or methyl, and R⁵ represents H or methyl.5. The method of claim 3, wherein the compound of general formula IVpossesses a labdane-type structure, and/or wherein Cyc-A represents aresidue of one of the formulae IIIa, IIIb or IIIc


6. The method of claim 3, wherein said polypeptide having enal-cleavingactivity is selected from the group consisting of (1) a group ofpolypeptides containing a) at least one DUF4334 protein family domainhaving the Pfam ID number PF14232; and/or b) at least one GXWXG proteinfamily domain having the Pfam ID number PF14231; or c) at least onedomain retaining at least 90% sequence identity to PF14232 or PF14231;and/or (2) a group of polypeptides, wherein each polypeptide comprisesat least one sequence motif/domain selected from the group consisting ofG-[Y or -]-x-W-x-G-x-x-[F,L or I]-x-[T,S or R]-G-[H or D] set forth inSEQ ID NO:205; W-[Y, A or V]-G-K-x-[F or Y]-x-[S or D] set forth in SEQID NO:206; [G or S]-x-[A or G]-x-[L or V]-x-x-x-x-[F, Y or L]-R-G-x-Vset forth in SEQ ID NO:207; [M or L]-[V or I]-Y-D-x-x-P-[I or V]-x-D-[Hor S]-[F or L] set forth in SEQ ID NO:208; wherein residues x representindependently of each other any natural amino acid residue; and/or (3) agroup of polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected fromthe group consisting of: a) SCH94-3944 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 34; b)SCH80-05241 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 38; c) Pdigit7033 set forth in SEQID NO: 42; d) PitalDUF4334-1 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 46; e) AspWeDUF4334set forth in SEQ ID NO: 49; f) RhoagDUF4334-2 set forth in SEQ ID NO:53; g) RhoagDUF4334-3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 56; h) RhoagDUF4334-4 setforth in SEQ ID NO: 59; i) CnecaDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 62; j)Rins-DUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 69; k) CgatDUF4334 set forth in SEQID NO: 72; l) GclavDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 75; m) TcurvaDUF4334set forth in SEQ ID NO:81; n) PprotDUF4334 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 87;and o) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least40% sequence identity to any one of the amino acid sequences of a) to n)and retaining said enzymatic activity of degrading a terpene precursorof formula (V).
 7. The method of claim 3, further comprising as step (3)the processing of the compound of formula IV formed in step (1) orisolated in step (2) to obtain a derivative thereof using chemical orbiocatalytic synthesis or a combination of both, and as step (4)optionally isolating the derivative of step (3).
 8. The method of claim7, wherein step (3) comprises the processing of the compound of formulaIV formed in step (1) or isolated in step (2) with a polypeptide havingBaeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) activity so as to form therespective carbonyl ester (EC.1.13.14.-), and optionally furthercomprises the hydrolysis of the carbonyl ester compound with an esterase(EC 3.1.1) to the corresponding de-esterified product; and optionallyisolating the derivative of step (3); wherein the polypeptide havingBaeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) activity is selected from the groupconsisting of (1) the group of polypeptides containing aflavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) protein family domain having thePfam ID number PF00743 within their amino acid sequence or a domainretaining at least 90% sequence identity to PF00743; (2) the group ofpolypeptides that comprise at least one sequence motif/domain selectedfrom the group consisting of GAGxSGL set forth in SEQ ID NO:197;EKNxxxxGTWxENRYPGCACDVPxHxYXXSFE set forth in SEQ ID NO:198;LxNAxGILNxWxxPxIPG set forth in SEQ ID NO:199; LxxKxVxxIGxGSSGIQIxPxIset forth in SEQ ID NO:200; GCRRxTPGxxYLExL set forth in SEQ ID NO:201;CATGFDxxxxPRFxxxG set forth in SEQ ID NO:202; PNxFxxxGPNxPxxNGxV setforth in SEQ ID NO:203; AxWPGSxLHYxEAxxxPRxED set forth in SEQ IDNO:204; wherein residues x represent independently of each other anynatural amino acid residue; and (3) the group of polypeptides selectedfrom the group consisting of (a) polypeptides comprising the amino acidsequence of SC1123-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; (b) polypeptidescomprising the amino acid sequence of SC1124-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ IDNO:6; (c) polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence ofSC1125-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:10; (d) polypeptides comprising theamino acid sequence of SC1146-BVMO1 set forth in SEQ ID NO:13; (e)polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of AspWeBVMO set forthin SEQ ID NO:16; and (f) polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequencethat has at least 70%, identity to any one of the amino acid sequencesof a) to e).
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 19. An in vivo method for preparinglabdane-type terpenes which method comprises providing a recombinanthost expressing a set of polypeptides having enzymatic activitiesrequired for catalyzing the following sequence of reaction steps: (1)optionally converting a labdane alcohol to the respective labdanealdehyde through the enzymatic action of an ADH polypeptide, (2)converting said ladbane aldehyde of step (1) to the respectivedinorlabdane carbonyl compound through the action of a method comprisingthe steps of contacting the corresponding non-degraded precursor of thegeneral formula V

wherein R¹, R² and R³ are as defined above; and R⁴ represents H or loweralkyl, R⁵ represents H or lower alkyl, and wherein said compound offormula V may be present in stereoisomerically essentially pure form oras a mixture of stereoisomers, with a polypeptide having enal-cleavingactivity, and optionally isolating the degraded product of formula IV asobtained in step (1), wherein said compound of formula IV is provided instereoisomerically pure form, or as a mixture of stereoisomers; (3)optionally converting said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound of step (2) tothe respective tetranorlabdanyl acetate through the action of the methodof claim 7; (4) optionally converting said tetranorlabdanyl acetate ofstep (3) to the respective tetranorlabdane alcohol through the action apolypeptide having esterase activity; and optionally (5) isolating theproduct of step (2), (3) or (4).
 20. (canceled)
 21. A method ofpreparing an epoxy-tetranorlabdane compound, which method comprises (1)providing a tetranorlabdane alcohol or a tetranorlabdane acetate, or adinorlabdane carbonyl compound, by applying a biocatalytic methodcomprising one or more method steps as defined in claim 3, andoptionally isolating said product; and (2) converting said product ofstep (1) to epoxy-tetranorlabdane by applying one or more chemicaland/or biochemical conversion steps.
 22. A method of preparing adiepoxy-dinorlabdane, which method comprises (1) providing adinorlabdane carbonyl compound, by applying a method which comprisingone or more method steps as defined in claim 3, and optionally isolatingsaid dinorlabdane carbonyl compound; and (2) converting saiddinorlabdane carbonyl compound to said diepoxy-dinorlabdane by applyingone or more chemical and/or biochemical conversion steps.
 23. The methodof claim 7, wherein said derivative is selected from the groupconsisting of a hydrocarbon, alcohol, diol, triol, acetal, ketal,aldehyde, acid, ether, amide, ketone, lactone, epoxide, acetate,glycoside and an ester.
 24. The method of claim 8, further comprisingprocessing the carbonyl ester and/or corresponding de-esterified productto obtain a derivative thereof using chemical or biocatalytic synthesisor a combination of both, and as step (4) optionally isolating thederivative of step (3).
 25. The method of claim 24, wherein saidderivative is selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon,alcohol, diol, triol, acetal, ketal, aldehyde, acid, ether, amide,ketone, lactone, epoxide, acetate, glycoside and an ester.
 26. A methodof preparing an epoxy-tetranorlabdane compound, which method comprises(1) providing a tetranorlabdane alcohol or a tetranorlabdane acetate ora dinorlabdane carbonyl compound, by applying a biocatalytic methodcomprising one or more method steps as defined in claim 3, optionallyisolating said product; and (2) converting said product of step (1) toepoxy-tetranorlabdane by applying one or more chemical and/orbiochemical conversion steps.
 27. A method of preparing adiepoxy-dinorlabdane, which method comprises: (1) providing adinorlabdane carbonyl compound by applying a method which results in theformation of said dinorlabdane carbonyl compound and which comprises oneor more method steps as defined in claim 3, optionally isolating saiddinorlabdane carbonyl compound; and (2) converting said dinorlabdanecarbonyl compound to said diepoxy-dinorlabdabe by applying one or morechemical and/or biochemical conversion steps.
 28. The method of claim26, wherein the epoxy-tetranorlabdane compound is ambrox.
 29. The methodof claim 26, wherein the tetranorlabdane alcohol is gamma-ambrol. 30.The method of claim 26, wherein the tetranorlabdane acetate isgamma-ambryl acetate.
 31. The method of claim 26, wherein thedinorlabdane carbonyl compound is manooloxy.
 32. The method of claim 27,wherein the diepoxy-dinorlabdane is Z11.
 33. The method of claim 27,wherein the dinorlabdane carbonyl compound is manooloxy.